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> [“A young officer in my organization, Lyle Ahmad, was a solid, olive-skinned former marine with a trim crew cut. He was a clone, a close protection officer. I had met Ahmad when he was a marine guarding the U.S. embassy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-deaver/a-young-officer-in-my-organization-lyle-ahmad-was-a-solid-olive/)

[Jeffery Deaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-deaver/)

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> [“As a young officer, it is very frustrating," recalls David Silverman. "My tour in Iraq in 2005, 2006-early on, we got a target list by the higher powers that said, 'This person is a bad person, you should take out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-a-young-officer-it-is-very-frustrating-recalls-david-silverman-my/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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