John -
Took me awhile to find this thread again, I'll subscribe to it now.
Question for you:
I'm reading Clancy's novel RED STORM RISING, with which you may be familiar given the service you did and book you're writing. Many people regard that author with some respect because he is said to do very thorough research.
On page 158, the following words were written, "A unit of the elite GSG-9 German border guard had the safe house under continuous surveillance, with a second English ambush team between them and their supposed target in Lammersdorf. Intelligence officers from most of the NATO countries were part of the surveillance team, each with a direct line to his government."
> Have you ever encountered or heard of the, "...elite GSG-9 German border guard"? I mean did it exist, in real life. No need to say anything, but if you could tell why they were "elite" would be nice. In other words, how would that unit have been different from others, including our own?
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