[4] They include The Next World War,[5] published by Simon & Schuster, The Financing of Terror, The New Spies, and Sellout: Aldrich Ames and the Corruption of the CIA.
Adams has also been on the board of the NSA and as chairman of its technology oversight panel, as well as on special task forces for the White House on psychological operations and cyber warfare.
Over those same years, Adams published three fictional thrillers with Michael Joseph Ltd. in London: The Final Terror, Taking the Tunnel, and Hard Target.
In a 2000 congressional oversight hearing on the ILOVEYOU virus and its impact on the U.S. financial services industry,[13] Adams described his company: "iDefense provides intelligence-driven products, daily reports, consulting, and certification that allow clients to mitigate or avoid computer network, Internet and information asset attacks before they occur," he said.
In 1999, Adams joined the NSA Advisory Board,[15] where he led the design and implementation of a new strategic plan for the 15,000-strong Signals Intelligence Directorate to meet the technology and data challenges of the 21st century.
Adams first became involved in the audiobook world as a narrator, when he read titles ranging from Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency[16] to Once More, My Darling Rogue.