Stan Hurley

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Sayyed, as well as other Islamic Jihadists, retains a salient commodity in Stan Hurley, the veteran CIA agent. Stan possesses an intellect that could very well send the United States into war with either the Russians or the Islamic Jihadists. Although Stan Hurley is tied up, he boasts the greatest asset of all, named Mitch Rapp. Will Mitch be able to rescue his mentor and colleague before time expires? In this journal, I will question Stan Hurley’s toughness, visualize a meeting between Islamic Jihadists, and clarify Mitch’s emotions towards the ominous situation. Stan Hurley has been unfortunately captured by the Islamic Jihadists and was held hostage in an attempt to discern information from the man who contains a plethora of information about the CIA. The Jihadists took extremely corrosive torture tactics against Hurley, but he remains extant and as mentally tough as he has ever been. For example, they have disengaged some of his fingernails from his fingers, but he refuses to share any information with them. How can this possibly be? Stan Hurley has been implicated with the Jihadists in past years when he used to be a CIA agent when he was much younger. He went on a tear killing many Islamic Jihadists for personal vendetta because he was personally affected by a bombing of a hotel, executed …show more content…
Throughout this novel, Mitch Rapp has grown in a multitude of ways, due to Hurley’s teachings. Although Hurley had speculation of Rapp’s potential in the beginning, he will be reminded every day of Rapp’s skills because they saved Hurley’s life in an inconceivable way. Although Rapp has mastered many skills in this short time, he still has room for growth. The opposition to the United States should be terror-stricken as the story of Mitch Rapp continues in this

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