My Books


NOTE: The new book, Electronic Surveillance and Wireless Network Hacking, was released on 01 May 2005 by Paladin Press and is available directly from them.  As well as the latest on electronic spying, this book is about setting up your own wireless network and keeping it secure from hackers. Written for those who know little if anything about WiFi, these chapters will get you up and running, and may well save you a great deal of time and money.
Additional chapters include photo-essays of real life surveillance installations, pictures from the filming of Enemy of the State, the 'Nutz' file and much more.
As there was not space in the book for all of the pictures and screenshots, these wil be posted on the book's web site,
www.fusionsites.com/dbm2.


The Bug Book: Electronic Surveillance in Plain English

 The Bug Book is devoted mainly to radio frequency (RF) surveillance transmitters. Chapters include:

Who's Bugging Who?
Statistics on Government Surveillance
the bug book electronic surveillance spying eavesdroppingTypes of Bugs: AM, FM, Spread Spectrum...
How Far Do They Really Transmit?
All About Antennas
Battery Life
How a bug is installed
An Exercise In Counter-Surveillance
How to Find a Bug With Electronic Equipment
How to Make a Physical Search For Bugs
What to do if You Find a Bug- and What Not To Do!
Damage Assessment
Sources of Countermeasures Equipment
Extensive Glossary of Terms
Suggested Reading
Detailed Checklist For Use In The Physical Search

The Bug Book is comprehensive and technically accurate, and when you complete it you will have a very good understanding of how surveillance transmitters work, how to prevent them from being used against you, and how to handle the situation should you find one. With the information in this book, the chances of you being bugged are virtually zero.

The new Bug Book is 8 1/2 x 1, illustrated paperback, 168 pages. Published by Paladin Press
 


Don't Bug Me: The Latest Hi-Tech Spy Methods
My first book, originally produced in small quantities- photocopied and spiral bound, for a local Spy Shop. The following year, it was sold to Paladin Press and became one of their best sellers. Five years later, it is selling better than ever. Don't Bug Me is an overview of electronic surveillance methods, and self defense against them, and while it is five years old, the information is still useful as the principles of surveillance don't change. Some areas covered include:

don't bug me privacy electronic spying wiretappingSurveillance transmitters
Video cameras
Directional microphones
Telephone taps
Inside microphones
Laser systems
Microwave devices
Also in Don't Bug Me is information about setting up the listening post, making your home and office secure against electronic spying, and, as in my other books, a few humorous stories that make it more interesting to read.

Don't Bug Me is 8 1/2 x 11 paperback, 140 pages illustrated, ISBN 0-87364-658-4. It contains charts
 and tables, frequency lists, and photographs. From Paladin Press.
 


The Phone Book: Who Else Is Listening?
The Phone Book is about communications and security against electronic eavesdropping. It covers both sides of the issue- how electronic spying is done and how you can prevent it. Chapters include:

 eavesdropping electronic bugs survailanceToll Fraud and Prevention
 How to Stop Harassing or Threatening Phone Calls
 Recording Conversations From Any Telephone
 Fax, Data, and Pager Interception and Prevention
 Wiretapping: How It Is Done, How To Prevent It
 Cellular and Cordless Phone Monitoring
 Cellular Cloning and how to Prevent It
 The Future of Communications
 The Clipper Chip: Just Say No
 Goodbye Cellular, Hello PCS?
 Goodbye Internet, Hello NSA?
 The Information Super Spyway?

Reviews include:
The Optoelectronics Scout
FCC Records Databases by Percon, Grove Enterprises, and Scan Ware Associates

Appendices include:
Comprehensive glossary of terms
Sources of surveillance and countermeasures equipment
Suggested reading
Frequency list: Cordless, aircraft and marine phones, and a complete list of all 832 Cellular channels sorted by vendor, group and set.

A bonus chapter is included: On A Sweep. This is an account of how, specifically, a sweep for  eavesdropping devices is conducted by a team of professionals. It includes photographs of equipment actually set up on a sweep. Also included is a way you can get in touch with the most experienced and  best equipped countermeasures teams in the country.
This book is written for the average person. No knowledge of electronics is required to understand and use this information.

 The Phone Book is 8 1/2 by 11 paperback, 265 pages (about 125,000 words) illustrated with drawings and lots of photographs. Copyright 1998 M L Shannon. ISBN 0-87364-972-9.

The first edition of The Phone Book was selected to be part of the required study materials at the National Intelligence Academy. Located in Fort Lauderdale, this is a division of Westinghouse Audio Intelligence  Devices, Inc. the largest manufacturer of law enforcement only surveillance equipment in America. Their students include Federal agents, the military, SWAT teams (The Velcro Guys) and like that. From Paladin Press

Who else is Listening?
 The Neighbors
 Friends
 Enemies
 Industrial Strength Spies
 Your Employer
 Government Agents
 


Out of Print but available in some used book stores.
 

Digital Privacy
1993, A guide to computer security (Published but outdated, obsolete)

Vengeance Is Mine
1991, Humor. "Don't get mad. Get even". Out of print.

The Paper Trail
1998 Freedom and Financial Privacy in the Nineties. Available now and then in Pre-Owned book stores.
Published by Lysias Press . ISBN 1-884451-09-3.

Never Published:

In The Name of Freedom
1985, an expose of L. Ron Hubbard and scientology. Was to be published by Columbia University Press, and while thoroughly documented, they declined under threats of massive lawsuits. The original manuscript no longer exists. A condensed version was made public but it, also, is no longer extant. On the Usenet group alt.religion.scientology, now and then references are made to this document. Other books have been written that used my research, without credit where due, claiming it to be that of the author. It is called plagarism.