Tell the Truth ... Until They Don't Like What You Have To Say : The Abridged Testimonial of a US Constitutional Oath-Taking US Department of State Survivor (Paperback)

On August 7, 1998, at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time, the first truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Minutes later, a second truck bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I was assigned to the embassy in Nairobi as the Financial Management Center (FMC) Director. I was off-site that morning. Had I been present, there is a high probability I would not be writing this book.

Though I did not ask for any of this, I found myself to be a tiny hub on a "Deep State" wheel, with the spokes--the U.S. Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Military--all connecting to me. For what reason--because of the money. Through years of just doing my job as a federal auditor and then as a Foreign Service Financial Management Specialist, I became aware of and took actions regarding money, unbeknownst to me at the time, having linkages to covert operations. My story has serious political overtones, but it is not a political story. It is my story. It is the story of what can happen when you innocently seek one truth, but discover quite another.

Author: Michelle Laureen Stefanick
Publisher: Trine Day
Published: 04/14/2023
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
ISBN: 9781634243582

About the Author
With over twenty-five years of United States Government experience both domestic and abroad, I served in Washington, Cameroon, Kenya, Russia, Sudan, Germany, and traveled to many more. Assignments included as a Civil Service federal auditor with Defense Contract Audit Agency and U.S. Department of State's Office of Inspector General. Foreign Service assignments included as a Financial Management Officer, Management Officer, Legislative Management Officer, and in interagency assignment details with the Department of Defense as a Foreign Policy Advisor and Regional Director. From 2005-2006, I was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow on the personal staff of Senator Olympia Snowe. As a U.S. Army War College graduate (resident class of 2008/2009), I earned a Master of Strategic Studies and completed the National Security Policy Program. My Bachelor of Science degree is from the University of South Carolina in Business Administration with a Major in Accounting. I am a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Virginia. During my career I have earned numerous honor and service awards, including a Heroism (Group) award. In December 2006, I fulfilled a lifetime goal of traveling to all seven continents with a trip to Antarctica. Since resigning/retiring from the U.S. Department of State, I have ventured with numerous part-time opportunities, obtained a real estate license, and written this book about betrayal, retaliation, survival, and the truth.