In 1989 the first official act of the
new President, George H. W. Bush, was issued in secret. This secret mandate authorized
the Pentagon to immediately create a team of elite covert operatives which
would work for Navel Military Intelligence under the supervision of a Special
Forces Colonel, one Matthew L. Goldstein. These elite Special Force operatives
came to be called “Goldstein’s Gorillas” and could infiltrate foreign countries
and extract specific individuals known to claim responsibility for terrorist
acts against the United States. These files, once considered top secret, have
since been declassified. Goldstein’s team operated from 1989 to 2017 after
which Goldstein was promoted to General. He is now officially assigned to the
Pentagon.
The original patches worn on the
operative’s fatigues were round and portrayed a comical gorilla at the center.
Goldstein thought that it wasn’t suitable. He believed it made the team appear
inept and whimsical. He had the moniker changed in 1990 to a patch which
displays a snake wrapped around a dagger. He was quoted as saying he felt it
was more indicative of the squad’s commando spirit. This patch was worn by the
very few who counted themselves as a part of Goldstein’s Gorillas, the most successful Special Forces team in U.S.
history. Soon after its inception the team became the United States number one
top secret asset.
Their military and political worth
was in their ability to plan and execute missions that were considered by other
military personal using standard practices, hopeless and impossible. Their
success soon tagged Goldstein with the nickname ‘The Magician.”
The report states the team was many times
issued orders (by whichever President occupied the oval office) to do
surveillance and retrieve essential data. Initially in 1989 it was used to
collect data about the involvement of countries, dignitaries, and individuals
aligning themselves with Iraq before, during, and after the Gulf War. Pages of
redacted text suggests they played a greater part in those countries than
surveillance. Eric Chavez was one of these operatives who managed to leave military service and more. He found a new life as a police detective in the city of Fort Worth Texas. Once he constructed the intricate missions the Gorillas executed but now, as a detective, he manages to think through the crimes like the master strategist he is and find the criminal. His is the thankless Job of solving the cases no one else could... he is in charge of the cold cases involving a murder. His cases are plagued by layers of dust and time which eats away at the evidence like rust on metal, however, he manages to solve an astonishing 70% of his cases.
Find out more about Evan Chavez in the novel 'Premeditated Pandemonium.'
