The Prometheus Deception (hard cover or paperback) by Robert Ludlum, needs to be read. Written just two years ago, it reflects some current events and actions. Nick Bryson is an operative for "The Directorate," a covert intelligence agency that other agencies don't even know about. After being wounded during an operation, Nick is essentially forced to retire after recouperating from his wounds and from the loss of his wife - she left while he was on assigment. Even though he's retired, Nick's instincts stay with him, and he is suddenly drawn back into the web of intrigue that was his old life. He is told by the Deputy Director of the CIA that the Directorate was actually a Russian setup, and they had been working against the US government all along. Many of his co-workers hadn't had a clue, and Nick had been used all along by them. Nick sets off to investigate the claims and find out for himself what is going on. Along the way he realizes that perhaps his wife, who also worked for the Directorate, though in a less "wet" capacity, may have been a setup from the start, and he starts to question his entire life. Add to this story a growing number of unclaimed terrorist actions, toss in a Microsoft like entity that has it's hands in every facet of business, industry and government, and mix in a growing call for a lack of personal privacy, and you have quite a read on your hands. Nothing is what you expect, every corner brings a new twist, and the ultimate enemy that Nick is up against turns out to be even worse than it appears.