Outside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors. None of this could be verified. Neither Smith nor Titus describe the money as lost, either. He could have invested themin some kind of overseas or domestic accountand taken a healthy fee before returning the money with interest, which is how the deal was supposed to work. There was no magic in what we built. Smith told Outside that he had nothing to do with the company Gray Solutions. Fisher says his friend has told tall tales since childhood. Simpson star. The money was said to be very good. This time, Morrow, an imprint of publishing giant HarperCollins, isnt saying anything. Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman create a fake war to cover up a presidential scandal in an election year in this dramedy. Plenty of people believed him, including the Air Force (which paid him $7 million to train personnel . Smith also hired a blond personal assistant. Then he built on that auspicious start to become a top security contractor paid to train the U.S. military and hired by foreign states to assassinate terrorists. Smith also says he served in the National Guard during his youth, which is true: the Guard verifies it. Letters between the Mississippi National Guard and his military-science professor at Ole Miss say that Smith would not cooperate and had his own priorities. He was cited with voluntary breach of contract because of a willful evasion of training., When we asked a spokesman for the Guard why Smith wasnt forced to honor his legal commitment, he said, Looks like we didnt want a problem child.. His victimsmany of them elderly or suffering from serious illnesseslost more than $10 million. We would never hire somebody at 18, 19, or 20 years old, he said. :). He simulated meetings with arms dealers in bars and would speak with a fake Russian accent. The death blow for SCG came in an August 29, 2012, letter from acting deputy Air Force general counsel David Robbins. Michael Fechter, who lives in Tampa, Florida, is a former investigative reporter for the Tampa Tribune. Titus had not been allowed to practice law for four years, but he did a lot of legal work for Smith anyway. Robert Young Pelton thinks that, at best, Smith was an intern. If, instead, Smith is a liar, hes shown an exceptional talent for profiting from it while fooling the U.S. government, investors, and, now, perhaps, a major book publisher. It offers a unique perspective into military contractors and we believe the exploits in the book. Portfolio Services About Blog Contact Open Menu Close Menu. Smith promised real-world scenarios for real-world warriors. Holly Springs, Mississippi, where SCGs administrative offices were located, was the setting for the Democratic Republic of Krasnovikstan, a.k.a. Those a**holes arent telling us anything thats going on, and I want you to damn well change that for meunderstand? Smith writes his chief told him. Another: Never give up your cover story. A follow-up email to Smiths representative, Steve Honig, asking for the name of his agency supervisor, or any agency employee who might be able to verify his service, was similarly dismissed. Do you get the idea?. Among the roughly two dozen documents Oliver sent to The Daily Beast were letters of support of Smiths operations in Libya and Syria from a congresswoman; a certificate showing a black belt in martial arts; a media badge Smith says was his cover for an intelligence-gathering mission for a classified agency during which he was shot in 2004; and a folder stamped with Orientation Program, along with a stapled packet containing a schedule. A graduate student gets caught in an international conspiracy involving diamonds, exiled Nazi war criminals and a rogue government agent. Call or Email Jamie Smith for a free 15 minute consultation now - (309) 300-3072. For starters, Pelton had already been released, escorted away from his kidnappers by a Catholic priest. Of all the questions that continue to dog Smith, perhaps the most puzzling is what convinced one of the worlds largest publishing companies to bank on a story that people familiar with Smith have decried as more fiction than fact. We tried to contact them several times about future plans for the book, with no response. Marathon Man (1976) He was an extraordinarily good storyteller and if he had written a story of redemption about his contracting work and the rest of it, it would have been brilliant.. The fact that none of the five agency veterans who spoke with The Daily Beast knew of Smith professionally, or could find anyone to vouch for his service, was as damning in their estimation as any far-fetched claim of his covert work. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Ed Harris star. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy. As for the Air Force training, its unclear who exactly went through it. To be an eligible applicant to be a CIA officer, You have to be a college graduate. But in the e-mail exchanges with Titus, the $12.5 million is never described as belonging to the Sanfords. Instead, he talked them into letting him handle their money. Hes just one of those guys that cant not embellish a story.. If only the government had listened to him, Smith suggests, the deadly consulate attack in Benghazi would have never happened, and the Syrian civil war would have ended in 2012. The exact nature of many of his foreign escapades remains mysterious. But it also means that anyone with a knack for storytelling and a bit of insider lingo can call himself a CIA officer and be confident that the agency itself will never contradict that claim. He said they were en route to New York City, where there was an American Girl megastore that his daughters wanted to see. Smith needed to find millions of dollars in working capital. Like Smith, Titus professed to be very religious. Blackwater CEO Erik Prince denies Smith was a founding director of Blackwater? Smith disputes such claims in his libel suit. Columbia His tales of heroism and stuff like that were slightly embellished, Rush says. Yet according to Gray Work, not only did Smith excel at the CIA, he was chosen for a special mission his very first day on the jobto work undercover as part of the Iraq-Kuwait Task Force at the State Department, during one of the regions most dangerous periods. Jamie Smith for Governor JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON SOUTH DAKOTA Jamie does not want to import problems into our state. If you paid the $1,200 to go through a one-week SCG course, you knew you were heading into an experience that would be authentic. Smiths claim that he was a CIA officer overseas is important, because its a major basis for his entire career. When pressed now, Smith says he was the founder of a division of it. Husband. Craig, whose cancer is in remission, works seven days a week at his garage, fixing trucks. A mutual friend asked for the quote and Van Arsdale provided it on the strength of his friends word, the retired colonel added. Father. In an e-mail sent in February 2009, Smith demonstrates his tendency to take a kernel of truth and blow it up into something more. He started small, advertising personal-protection services for wealthy international travelers. He liked to tell one about being shot with an AK-47 in the shoulder. Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007) But his claim is that as basically a 20-year-old he was sent to the front lines of operations with no training., I can show you cleaning ladies and people that work in the cafeteria that have a CIA badge, Johnson said. Jamie B. Smith - @JamieSmithANjax Family man, extoller of the Good News, former broadcaster of bad news, "Easter worshiper" (I, my, His Honour) Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla Jamie Smith - @JamieSmithLove Chief Communications Office - Ellucian, Senior Advisor - West Exec Advisors, former Senior White House Official in President Obama White House. Pelton, who seems to like Smith and says his claims usually contain a grain of truth, nonetheless describes some of his stories as borderline delusional and has characterized Smiths account of the Colombia episode as patently false. Sign up today. During SCGs heyday, between 2008 and 2012, the U.S. government and local law-enforcement agencies paid a lot of money to get people trained so they could function capably in war zones, shoot-outs, and other dicey situations. Ive been beat up for four, five years. Even if it had, that doesnt mean the CIA backs Smiths claims. Jamie Smith is a decorated former CIA officer, author of Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy (WmMorrow/HarperCollins 2015), former advisor to the Chair of US House Intelligence . Smith bought a pile of expensive weapons, including several AR-15s, a camo-colored .308 sniper rifle, Uzis, MAC-10s, Glocks, and a stainless-steel assault rifle. Smiths editors wouldnt reply to requests for comments on the editing process or whether Smiths book had been checked for accuracy. One more article isnt going to hurt.. The truth is, publishers often lack the time and the resources necessary to make accuracy a priority. Before the Sanfords came along, he had only around $9,000 in his personal checking account. From the beginning, Smith wanted SCG International to be as successful as Blackwater. Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier starred. It was the so-called American dream, Craig says. Paramount Footer menu. The SCG compound was the hub for a major international operation that touted offices in London, Dubai, Islamabad, Buenos Aires, and Kabul. He didnt even have a personal checking account. John Carpenter directed this camp classic that sees a drifter discover a special pair of sunglasses that reveal that aliens have taken over the world. He promised to teach people insider tricks for making money in real estate and minimizing their tax burdens. But by 2003, Smith had befriended Robert Young Pelton, the gonzo travel writer and host of The Worlds Most Dangerous Places on the Travel Channel. Even so, Rush says that by early 2010, the entire operation was running in the red. But it doesnt work like that, according to the CIA. HarperCollins did not deny Baers assertion that he was never contacted by the publisher despite his blurb appearing on the books back cover. So no worries there. While investigating a case involving a missing porn actress, a private eye (Ryan Gosling) and an enforcer (Russell Crowe) uncover a conspiracy involving auto manufacturers and corrupt politicians. Only two of us are still alive and Im one them. Clandestine CIA operatives operate in a shadowy world but a small one. And Im like, well, thats nice, but Im in a luxury hotel. And indeed, Gray Works pages are littered with blacked-out redacted passages. Instead, he and Mary Jo are trying to rebuild their retirement fund. [ARCHIVED THREAD] - "Gray Work" by Jamie Smith CIA/Blackwater operative. Unlike an executive who claims to have been employed by IBM for 25 years and whose claim is challenged, Defendants quickly realized that Smith was under a tremendous handicap. But nobody wants to be a ninja as an adult. But for reasons that Smith and his agent declined to explain, storyteller was dropped from the blurb. After all his co-workers are killed, a CIA agent, played by Robert Redford, doesn't know who he can trust as he tries to solve the mystery. At this point, in rode Jamie Smith with his government credentials. The South Panola Tigers have the fifth-longest winning streak in high school history. Chalk it up to bad blood. Ace Atkins is a journalist and novelist in Oxford, Mississippi. For the better part of a decade Smith was on the rise, pulling in multimillion-dollar government contracts to provide training to the military. Smith fired back, having his lawyer, Jim Thurman, call and warn of a possible countersuit. If youd like a list of aggrieved to interview it will take a while to get through them all. Also Read: Megan Thomason's Sci-Fi Trilogy 'daynight' Optioned by Pathbender (Exclusive). When The Daily Beast posed questions to Smiths publisher and PR agent about his book, a brief exchange led to this note from his lawyer, David Oliver: Step into my parlor, said the spider to the fly.. Both Morrows representatives and Smiths suggested looking to the CIA, both claiming it had reviewed Smiths book. Working in conjunction with the military at Fort Dix, New Jersey, SCG experts trained personnel headed for Iraq and Afghanistan in combat and cultural skills. In the spring of 2014 his publisher delayed Gray Works publication without explanation. I have been saying it for some time now. Then, piece by piece, the lucrative business that Smith had built as a military contractor began to fall apart. For a young adult venturing out to their first apartment, this virtual design project captures her creative, free spirit, love of the beach, and . Mary Jo had to take a job with the company that bought them out, consolidating reports of medical-waste pickup along the East Coast. Salt (2010) In the book, Smith writes that the ruling was an injustice but that hes no longer angry about it, and more important, focused on his new business at a company called Gray Solutions. The wording in Grays press releases is taken nearly verbatim from old SCG materials. I just finished this book and found it to be a fascinating glimpse into the dark and dangerous world of espionage, tradecraft etc. The book went through the standard legal vetting process and was reviewed by the CIA. He has a history of fantasy and not paying his employees. That just doesnt happen., He said he was sent as a liaison to the State Department? Baer asked. That morning, according to court documents, Smith drove up in a white Suburban loaded with suitcases, his wife, Allison, and three kids, two girls and a boy. The situation was more than a little ironic. After the ruling, Smiths company continued to collect from Air Force contracts for security training for nearly a year. Were going to definitely prove that I was in the CIA, Smith told The Daily Beast. An accountant friend from Virginia, who knew he would be a fish out of water among all the tough guys at SCG, wanted to come to Holly Springs for training, and Jamie coached him on how to fit in. We dont feel we have to prove anything.. Smith could sue him for that, Titus said, and for defamation. Larry Johnson, who was quoted by Outside as a seasoned CIA officer dubious of Smiths service, told The Daily Beast that Smith contacted him personally in the wake of the articles publication. Most of those passages follow a formula: a simple explanation of the supposed wrongdoing, a dismissive comment on the misunderstanding, and a sentence or two about what hes learned or how hes grown from the experience. Smith says the CIA has been reviewing it, too, and that the process has taken months. Paramount ARCHIVED. When it came time for a buyout, the couple were ready for retirement. Some called it G.I. Bob Baer said the same thing about the process for screening an agency vets bona fides: If you actually worked with the CIA, youd name a building you were in, a supervisor, the name of a group. We were cutting up, eating Dominos pizza, watching the coverage. He has a knack for learning things and doing well at them.. New Line I have experienced working with diverse populations within my community. Only then was his book still published despite public doubts about his credibility. LEARN MORE iSSUES WHAT JAMIE FIGHTS FOR He was going to quit first. Subsequently went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. The CIA doesnt usually tap untrained, 20-year-old undergrads to become agents. Jamie's Quotes "I don't train to be in a gunfight; I'd much rather be in a shootingthere's a difference. As proof of his CIA past, Smith sent Johnson the same scrapbook of documents provided to The Daily Beast. Gene Hackman stars as a surveillance expert who soon begins to think he's the one being watched. Smith represented himself in an appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court, but in November 2012, it ruled in favor of the Sanfords. In 2013, Smith tweeted a shirtless selfie (since removed) with a location stamp of Dubai. In Johnsons view, Smiths records indicate that he probably did work with the CIA in some capacity, just nothing like the version he tells in Gray Work. The Air Forces acting deputy general counsel determined that Smiths companywhich did not respond to a government request to oppose the banhad failed to demonstrate its present responsibility and wrote in his decision that debarment was in the public interest and necessary to protect the governments interests.. SUSTAINABLE. I do believe that he was at CIA, probably as an intern, Johnson says. Jamie Smith says he was recruited into the CIA as an undergraduate at Ole Miss, cofounded Blackwater, and has done clandestine intelligence work all over the world, operating out of a counterterrorism boot camp in the woods of north Mississippi. I stand by everything I said in the Outside article, he told The Daily Beast. Some excerpts from Murrays review: This author is lying. And, shame on anyone who publishes this trash., Murray was no more gentle in an interview with The Daily Beast. I work with all stakeholders to build coalitions between the school, administration, and community. Only months later, when the Outside piece ran in October, it had been pulled from the release schedule. Theyd meet at fried-chicken joints and Memphis bars and rescue hostages held in Conex containers. Smith wanted every person who came to Holly Springs to feel like hed received good training and, just as important, that he had something to offer the company and might be hired someday. I will fight for workers and help Washington grow. I received the Gold Congressional Award from Senator Bob Dole and began working for the CIA. In 2010, Smith kept working to broaden his public reach, and he briefly became a fixture on cable news, appearing as a talking-head expert on counterterrorism and security. Real Estate. At one point, Smiths cell phone rang. Douglas Murray spent more than three decades in the CIAs clandestine services and served during the Gulf War during the same period Smith says he was working against the Iraqi target.. After all, the children of Israel were able to leave Egypt loaded with wealth due in large part because of Pharoahs bad behavior. Also Read: Gawker Removes Controversial Post About Conde Nast CFO. Baer meanwhile said his quote was never an approved blurb., I sent the quote to his agent about three years ago, but it wasnt meant for publication and it didnt relate to any non-fiction book I knew about, Baer said. Frankly, Ive never listened to a better storyteller, was how Baer concluded the quote he provided in 2012. Perhaps Smiths book has, as he asserted in our interview, been fact-checked. After all his co-workers are killed, a CIA agent, played by Robert Redford, doesn't know who he can trust as he tries to solve the mystery. Jamie is a wizard, he wrote. While investigating a case involving a missing porn actress, a private eye (Ryan Gosling) and an enforcer (Russell Crowe) uncover a conspiracy involving auto manufacturers and corrupt politicians. In 2009, SCG was hired to work on behalf of Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007. SCG had secured three small Navy contracts in 2005, but a seat at the big boys table required the kind of seed money necessary to hire serious people and build new facilities. Eighty-nine games. He got his diploma from Regent in 2000 and then went to Boston University to pursue a graduate degree in tax law. As if anticipating the incredulity of future readers, Smith goes on. Mary Jo used to collect boxes loaded with needles, blood, and human tissue, while Craig would repair the collection trucks. Deal Central gives you the latest on Hollywood casting, script buys, greenlights and negotiations in the entertainment industry. After a NASA trip to Mars runs into a mechanical failure that could cost the astronauts their lives, an unmanned capsule is launched and faked mission footage is shot in a studio. 1 of 20 He says now that he should have noticed warning signs about his boss. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. This fall was supposed to mark Smiths return to glory. Walter Morgan, a classmate of Smiths in high school and at Ole Miss, recalls spotting Smith on Fox News one morning and nearly falling out of his chair. MGM He expected Smith to tell him about existing, successful projects in the region as a way to establish credibility, but that never happened. and, along the way, face off with an assassin known as Winter Soldier. But those endorsements dont actually add up to much. Previous Slide Captain America joins forces with Black Widow and Falcon to uncover a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. Frank Ocean Hints At New Album On Merch Posters, Aubrey Plaza Opens Up About Her Failed SNL Audition, Michael Jacksons Biopic In Works, Antoine Fuqua To Direct, Miss Universe RBonney Gabriel On Pageant Rigging Accusations: Felt Really Down About It, ReelCall is Here to Make Networking and Staffing in the Industry Accessible to All (Sponsored), M3GAN Sequel Slated for 2025 Release Date With Allison Williams Returning, Bradley Cooper Calls Playing Leonard Bernstein in Maestro the Most Terrifying Role Ever. Fired from Blackwater after a short tenure? Related Industries. Smith went on to start his own security company and deluxe training facility in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy [Smith, Jamie] on Amazon.com. Instead, after many phone calls, they were told by a laywer of Smith's that the money had been lost in the stock market. Though this claim likely isnt true, he sticks to the Moscow Rules and stands by the story when pressed on it. Johnson says theres no way the CIA would have plucked a kid from Ole Miss and given him serious duties. Did Jamie rip them off? The Parallax View (1974) That bad behavior included the alleged threat Craig Sanford made against Smith. Jamie Smith says he was recruited into the CIA as an undergraduate at Ole Miss, cofounded Blackwater, and has done clandestine intelligence work all over the world, operating out of a counterterrorism boot camp in the woods of north Mississippi. Smith has a background as a CIA officer in publications for SCG, [4] although this assertion has been challenged and never independently verified. I just never thought it was going to get published.. If he holds up ten fingers, I know theres really only two, Pelton said. Asked how he got around, he said, My wife., But thats not what he told Polk and -others whom he courted for business. The Air Force wont talk about Smith or SCG with us, and our attempt to find answers through a Freedom of Information Act request yielded only copies of contracts, the details of which, except for payment amounts and course dates, had all been redacted. Touchstone We found 15 records for Jamie Smith in Castalia, Arnolds Park and 9 other cities in Iowa. Even when the bastards are onto you, stick with it. I guess Jamie just never stopped.. The Sanfords never saw their money again. When the pastor wanted to recognize those whod served in Operation Desert Storm, both brothers stood. Smith gave $200,000 to a low-budget film company called Southern Belle Productions, owned by a Los Angeles actress and director named Tammi Sutton, who was lauded in a fan magazine as one of the B-movie industrys bustiest ladies. This was seed money for a World War II epic that never got made. Morgan says he made one call and Jamie never appeared on Fox again. A new paramilitary company like SCG, if established, could make a killing. Joe Fantasy Camp, and for good reason. Jamie Luke Smith (born 12 July 2000) is an English cricketer. In 2010, Smiths Pennsylvania victims sued to get their money back. The Outside piece I thought was devastating, Baer said. Its not clear whenor even ifGray Work will be released, and this is the second delay since we started asking questions about Smith. By Smith's account he was a paramilitary prodigy who joined the. House Minority Leader for the state of South Dakota. Smith lost an appeal (PDF) in 2012, but still maintains that he plans to fight the judgment in court. When we asked Smith about this, he said Prince was still angry because Princes former assistant had hit on him. But it definitely is an issue for former members of the CIA. And from his perspective that was good, because it didnt take him long to decide that a lot of what Smith said didnt add up. Smith submitted an invoice with inflated charges. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. Smith also offered to set up a fundraising website for the family, who needed money to underwrite efforts to bring Levinson home. With a verifiable history of success ranging from leading and growing a business from start-up to scale-up and sale, running programs of work to align operational efficiencies with . Period, Johnson said. Gray Work represents a first of sorts in the publishing world. It was hard to believe. The e-mail wound up among the millions of hacked government documents given to WikiLeaks, which published them a year later. He was fired from BW for nonperformance, and most of all, habitual and constant lying. Tax. If anyone asks you what you do/where youre from, just tell them youre from up near Williamsburg (which is true) and you deal with a federal agency (which is truethe IRS), he wrote. But a call to Ole Miss showed he graduated on time with no break in his education, according to Danny Blanton, the universitys director of public relations. While you pretended during exercises that the DROKs dangers were real, you had to ignore the fact that Holly Springs was actually a quaint little town known for soul food, a 24/7 Elvis shrine called Graceland Too, and antebellum homes that survived Civil War occupation by Union troops. 5 talking about this. Asked earlier about the books contents, Smith said he couldnt say anything until its published. Oh, sure. He is a subject matter expert in terrorism, security and tactical / firearms training and currently is an advisor / board member to two global private military companies. Its the number two guy for the FBI. Kaitlyn Kennedy, a senior publicist for William Morrow, the HarperCollins imprint publishing Gray Work, sent The Daily Beast the following statement: The book is focused on Jamie Smiths time as a private warrior. As well see, that arrangement also led to nothing but frustration for Smiths clients. The Sanfords werent the only people who say they were taken in. Titus advised Smith, in e-mails obtained by federal prosecutors, to play hardball with the Sanfords, often in the Lords name. In Gray Work, Smith recounts his exploits as a CIA-trained spy working for the State Department and how he co-founded Blackwater after 9/11, as well as his decision to leave the private security firm. I blew past it [the lawsuit], Smith said in an interview with The Daily Beast. During the prime years of SCG, from 2008 to 2010, Smith put on seminars for local law enforcement and submitted more bids to the Pentagon. During the fraud trial, Smith stuck to a story that he had never met the Sanfords, even after being presented with an email he had written to Craig Sanford explicitly saying it had been nice to meet him. The Will Smith and Gene Jackman thriller tells the story of a group of NSA agents who conspire to kill a Congressman and the cover up that ensues after a tape of the murder is discovered. Any number of things. Conversely, Baer said, when someone actually works in a place, if they get into details you can figure out within minutes whether its fraud or not.. Wag the Dog (1997) One of the sources who was allegedly cajoled into defaming Smith, according to the lawsuit against Outside, is Mike Rush, the former president of Smiths security company SCG. Jamie Smith is registered to provide investment advice and transact in Mutual Funds and Securities in the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador. He's just one of those guys that can't not embellish a story.. Jamie Smith is known for Killer's Kiss (1955), The Faithful City (1952) and Suspense (1949). Jamie Smith - CNN - Attack on CIA base - 05 Jan 2010 2,059 views Jan 25, 2010 0 Dislike Share Save silencewatch1 100 subscribers Subscribe Jamie Smith on CNN 05 Jan 2010 discussing the. Smith declined to discuss this episode with Outside, but Pelton verifies that Smith was wounded in 2004, when he was traveling near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The agency is not in the business of fact-checking memoirs. But he was happy to stop in and say hello to his old friend Boudreau and perhaps talk to local police about their training. Former members of the CIA house Minority Leader for the Air Force general counsel David Robbins process has months. 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