J.T. Patten
J.T. Patten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Military thriller / espionage |
| Notable works | Buried in Black, Presence of Evil, Shadow Masters |
| Website | |
| jtpattenbooks | |
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J.T. Patten (born September 1969) is the pen name of Scott Swanson. He is an American novelist of military / espionage thrillers.[1] He is best known for his black ops novel series featuring CIA NOC protagonist Sean Havens, who finds himself embroiled in global Deep State / Secret Society conspiracies.
His latest series, the Task Force Orange novels, published by Kensington Books, focus on fictional missions of character Drake Woolf, within the Joint Special Operations Command ultra-secretive Intelligence Support Activity, a Special Access Program, and has SIGINT, mass surveillance, and covert operations themes and settings around his hometown Chicago area.[2]
History[edit]
Prior to becoming an author, he worked for the government intelligence and military special operations community.[3][4] He is a subject matter authority on Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Qods Force and referenced as having worked with former Delta Force deputy commander Major General David L. Grange and collaborated on published articles, such as Assessing and Targeting Illicit Funding. He has recently collaborated with Fox News coverage of the El Chapo drug lord trials providing insights on criminal patterns and social cultural nuances of cartel influence in Mexico.[5][6]
Patten's true name is Scott Swanson,[7] an expert in cyber Insider threat detection and financial crime,[8] Deloitte corporate intelligence,[9] and military intelligence community for Irregular and Unconventional Warfare strategies in counterterrorism, intelligence collection, and social network disruption.
He has a degree in Foreign Languages from Illinois State University, a Masters in Strategic intelligence from the American Military University, post-graduate degree in Counter Terrorism from the University of St Andrews Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), and many expertise certifications in intelligence analysis, cyber forensics and counterintelligence, mobile device tracing, and financial crime investigations.[10][11]
Military / Government Writings[edit]
Patten, who joined ARMY ROTC in college, is most known for his initial classified works disrupting human factors and social networks to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq and creating a model used across the Intelligence Community for Social Media monitoring and disruption.[12] His writings and lectures are prevalent in Secret and Top Secret environments and are cited in numerous War College journals, graduate thesis, and global conferences and military strategy sessions.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
His contributions are sited across military studies and academia to include the Air Command and Staff College, USMC Command and Staff College, Naval Postgraduate College, Joint Special Operations University, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (SAMS and SOF Studies)[23], U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, and the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School ("SWCS").
Similar to the Irregular Warfare, Intelligence, and Cyber/Surveillance aspects of his novels, he has experience and has written or collaborated (with a literal Who's Who in special activities and special mission units) in the following articles and white papers of Intelligence and Special Operations activities[24][25][26]: Cyber Threat Indications & Warning: Predict, Identify, and Counter[27], Enhancing Red Team Performance: Driving Measurable Value and Qualilty Outcomes with Process Improvement, Operationalizing Intelligence with Lieutenant General William Boykin[28] Winning Damaged Hearts and Minds with Major General David L. Grange Confronting Iran: Securing Iraq's Borders, an Irregular Warfare Concept with Major General David L. Grange, American Special Forces Sergeant Major and Central Intelligence Agency Paramilitary Operations Officer Billy Waugh, and former OSS officer and retired Major General John K. Singlaub, Viral Targeting of the IED Social Network System, Know Your Enemy: Human Intelligence Key to SOF Missions Special Warfare Magazine, and Third Party Combatants as a Tool of Terrorism.
Books[edit]
J.T. Patten's stories tend to parallel military thriller authors Dalton Fury, Mark Greaney, and Brad Taylor, with Patten's being described as "blacker than black" with many of his characters developed to be dark and brooding with anti-social behaviors, and many characterized as having Posttraumatic stress disorder from endless deployments.[29][30][31][32][33] Patten tends to shy from traditional white hat heroes with his literary character arc highlighting changes based on fallibility, failed family balance, psychological trauma, and moments of self-doubt. The Sean Havens series is being re-released after acquisition from Force Poseidon Publishing.[34]
- Shadow Masters, a Sean Havens thriller, is the first in Patten's independently published black ops thriller series. The book centralizes on a conspiracy driven by The Pond. First Edition published in 2014 by Escape Your Reality Press. Second Edition Shadow Masters Reloaded published July 4, 2021 by Force Poseidon Publishing.
- Primed Charge is the second Sean Havens thriller. The book continues some conspiratorial elements of Illuminati and New World Order with an antagonist hailing from a secretive P2 underground criminal organization with links to Opus Dei
- Presidential Retreat, the third Sean Havens thriller, involves the UKSF E Squadron, known as The Increment that worked with MI-6. First Edition published by Escape Your Reality Press in 2016. Second edition to be published in 2022 by Force Poseidon.
- Buried in Black, a Task Force Orange novel, is the first in the Kensington Books published spy-fi techno-thriller series focused on The Intelligence Support Activity
- The Presence of Evil is the second book in the Task Force Orange novel series, published by Kensington on August 20, 2019.
- Purple and Whispers of a Strangers are listed as Suspense/Horror works in progress.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Fraud Magazine I am a CFE". 2015-07-01.
- ↑ "JT Patten, Author". 2021-04-01.
- ↑ "Chapo's beauty queen wife living lavishly - away from the courtroom". 2018-11-15.
- ↑ "Episode 199: Author J.T. Patten talks counterterrorism". 2016-05-24.
- ↑ "Has Bible-carrying el Chapo really found God? Skeptics aren't buying it". 2018-11-26.
- ↑ "Manipulation, fear, snitches, and a new cell: Behind the scenes as el Chapo goes to trial". 2018-11-10.
- ↑ "'Fraud Doesn't Exist in Isolation — It is Part of a Greater Ecosystem'".
- ↑ "It's no secret: The Bank Secrecy Act needs a major overhaul".
- ↑ "Accountants and spies: The secret history of Deloitte's espionage practice". 2016-12-19.
- ↑ Books, J. T. Patten. "Welcome to the Black". J.T. Patten Books.
- ↑ "Scott Swanson, CFE".
- ↑ "Social Media Message Behavior Model : Evaluation and Impact". 2014-12-08.
- ↑ http://publications.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/2377.pdf
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F26201947&usg=AOvVaw15l3EgnQdUVHjXni6qPEFt
- ↑ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a580153.pdf
- ↑ http://nsiteam.com/social/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/The-Human-Domain-The-Unconventional-Collection-and-Analysis-Challenge-Workshop.pdf
- ↑ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a603813.pdf
- ↑ https://bawarketabtoon.com/data0/books/5a82b608e6c5c/pdf/Steve_Coll-Directorate_S__The_C_I_A_and_America_s_Secret_Wars_in_Afghanistan_and_Pakistan.2018_1_.pdf
- ↑ Campbell, Kofi (2008-12-21). "Saving Coalition Lives and Limbs: Disrupting the Improvised Explosive Device Network in Iraq with Center of Gravity Analysis and Social Network Viral Targeting".
- ↑ http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1563541/1/Morgan_1-s2.0-S0379073817302359-main.pdf
- ↑ "La minaccia degli IED: Iraq 2003–2006". Difesa Online. January 23, 2017.
- ↑ https://pure.uvt.nl/portal/files/1353218/thesis_Lindelauf_20_09_final2.pdf
- ↑ https://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/cgsc/SAMS/media
- ↑ "Scott Swanson | Small Wars Journal". smallwarsjournal.com.
- ↑ "Scott Swanson, Sector Chief Director | Chicago InfraGard". chicagoinfragard.org.
- ↑ https://chicagoinfragard.org/about-us/officers-bios/
- ↑ "Cyber Threat Indications & Warning: Predict, Identify and Counter | Small Wars Journal". smallwarsjournal.com.
- ↑ https://www.army.mil/article/9045/operationalizing_intelligence Operationalizing Intelligence
- ↑ "BURIED IN BLACK: Five Questions with J.T. Patten".
- ↑ "The Presence of Evil".
- ↑ "A SITREP WITH AUTHOR OF THE TASK FORCE ORANGE NOVELS J.T. PATTEN".
- ↑ "Meet J.T. Patten".
- ↑ "Buried in Black A Task Force Orange Novel #1".
- ↑ "Force Poseidon Our Authors". forceposeidon.com.
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