I'm a Jimmy Buffet fan and mention him off and on in the "Penumbra Database," the first in a series of the Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster in the Florida Keys and Caribbean spy series. Below is a mention of Jimmy Buckett's past life, when he first started out singing in Key West. A CIA safe house blends in to the homes on Eaton Street. It's a scene from the "Penumbra Database" where General Morrison walks from the safe house to the Turtle Kraal, his favorite eating place in Key West's Historic Seaport District. His counterintelligence (CI) teams protect him along the way:
"As
Morrison strolled further down Margaret Street toward Harpoon Harry’s, he felt regret
for not telling Corey about the San Francisco CBIF safe house. Through the CSS business,
he instructed BHH to attempt to breach Cheng’s MIT computer in Cambridge, Massachusetts
and to devise new firewalls to patch up any cyber weaknesses in its defenses. After
all, he had already perfected impenetrable firewalls around Jeannie.
Four men walked out of Harpoon Harry’s
just ahead of him. One of two CI agents across the street walking toward Morrison
took off her sunglasses. That was a signal for him to stop, which he did. The general
never questioned his agent’s street savviness. He stopped and pretended to have
received a call on his cell phone. The CI couple crossed the street, walked right
up to the four men who lingered outside Harpoon Harry’s and asked them how the food
was.
As Morrison stood there with the cell
phone to his ear, he overheard the men tell the couple to definitely order “The
Harpooner” and described the half-pound of ground chuck with cheese, bacon, grilled
onions and mushrooms delicacy. While the woman agent discussed the menu, her male
counterpart observed the loose-fitting Hawaiian shirts and camera cases the four
toted.
The four guys bragged about how Jimmy
Buffet used to do all-night recording sessions just around the corner, then go to
Harpoon Harry’s for breakfast at sunrise. After several minutes, they parted. The
four men walked down Caroline Street. The female agent put her sunglasses back on,
signaling Morrison it was OK to proceed."
Robert Morton is a member of the Association Of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and authors the Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster in the Caribbean/Key West spy series. He's been a Jimmy Buffett fan since the 70's.