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From Ted Sumner : Honorable Intentions is a fabulous work of reality. The author brings the reader face to face with the sinister evil that is war, drugs and international criminal enterprise while recounting his own participation in the application of the woefully inadequate government policies that continue to prevent any satisfactory solution to these perversions upon society. Russ Jones takes you with him to the controls of a combat helicopter over the steamy jungles of Viet Nam, to the perilous lairs of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang as an undercover narcotics operative, to the duplicitous backroom dealings of revolutionary Central America. Honorable Intentions strips away the delusional misconceptions about the Viet Nam War, the War on Drugs and international government machinations that continue to be perpetuated as common knowledge.
(Note: Ted Sumner is author of Deep Cover Cop, which can be found at www.deepcovercop.com )


From Chuck Teeter, Major General, USA, retired: Read it straight through. It’s a fine piece of work and the author has been successful in causing this reader to think about the drug problem from an entirely different perspective.


From Stan Tice, San Jose Police Sgt, Retired: The book was fascinating. What a great read! 

I especially liked the sailing stories. They brought back memories of our three round trips in the ICW, from the Bahamas to Chesapeake Bay each summer, and the wonderful times we had in the Bahamas during the winters. You stopped at many of the same places that we explored and enjoyed.

The book also brought back some not so happy memories. I've only cried twice in my adult life. The first was when my grandfather died, the second was when Simpson and Silva were killed. Although I was back in the bureau when that happened, both were on my team when I was a patrol sergeant. They were such good friends and so being murdered on the same day sort of hit me pretty hard.

When I started to read the book, I thought that it would be just a good adventure story, but as I continued, I realized that you had a serious agenda. I too believe that our War on Drugs is a failed policy. Wonder when those in power will realize it.


From Howard Wooldridge, retired police detective, currently serves as a drug policy expert in Washington DC. He is the author of “Misty’s Long Ride.”

If you desire an ‘insider’s view’ of how narcotics officers operate, this book is pure gold. Couldn’t stop until I finished it. Speaking as an author, I celebrate Russell Jones’ courage to write it. I am confident it was difficult, probably lots of tears & such.


From James Gray, California Superior Court Judge, retired: Russell Jones has written a first-person narrative about his own experiences as a veteran Vietnam helicopter pilot, San Jose California police officer and narcotics detective (serving under Joe McNamara for a while), DEA task force officer and intelligence agent in Central America during Iran-Contra. Many books have been referred and sent to me, but Russell’s book, “Honorable Intentions” (Hill Country Ink, 2012) is certainly the best. I recommend you get it, read it and use it.
 Well done Russ!


From Bob Allen, Deputy Chief of Police, San Jose, retired. Chief of Police, Capitola, retired : The book is a good read, a nostalgic visit to the Valley of the Heart’s Delight: the San Jose Police Department in what some young officers might call “the old days”, the Viet Nam war as seen out of the open door of a helicopter, and a lot about our federal government agencies that we’ve always known or at least suspected.

People who thought they knew Russ Jones will learn they were only partly right. People, like myself, who thought they knew what Jones was doing when he worked for the police department may be equally surprised. The book has lots of little bits and pieces of stories that I only knew other bits and pieces of. This is a must-read for anyone who’s ever been to Bini’s, Bruni’s, or The Foghorn, and I recommend it.

The overall theme may be uncomfortable for people dead set on how we should deal with the drug problem, but he presents many ideas we all need to think about.