My thanks also to Professor Des Ball of the Australian National University (ANU) for spending valuable time writing the Foreword—your input is much appreciated. To my good friend and talented writer, David Carroll, many thanks for assisting me with the final edited and PRB-approved manuscript. Thank you for sharing your expertise and providing a wonderful learning experience for me.
I also wish to acknowledge the efforts of my Member of Parliament, the Hon. Maxine McKew, and her team, particularly Elizabeth Wulff, in helping to facilitate my Australian citizenship in the shortest possible time by enlisting influential support from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator the Hon. Chris Evans.
Finally, I would like to thank my family. To my mother Lisa, who did an extraordinary job raising two young boys alone while instilling values that would serve us well throughout our lives. To the memory of my father Harold—you came to the aid of your country when you were needed, enlisting as a private in the United States Army in the early days of World War II. Your patriotism was an inspiration to me when I too was able to serve my country with the NSA. To my stepson Liam for giving up some of his computer time whenever I was inspired to write, and for respecting the privacy I required to write this book—thank you for your support. I also wish to thank Bernice, more a close, wonderful friend to me than just my mother-in-law; your heart knows no boundaries and I am grateful to you for making me feel welcome and a part of your family from the beginning. To the memory of my father-in-law Brian, an extraordinarily kind man, the life of the party and a role model for all.
I especially wish to thank my wife Louise for her support and encouragement. You are my inspiration and the most compassionate, loving, patient and truly caring person I have ever met. Your faith in me, that I would eventually be able to write my story, helped me through some very depressing times of unemployment and delays with the PRB. I am truly blessed to have you as my wife and I wouldn’t have been able to complete such a comprehensive project without your love. Writing this book is a journey we have shared. We never knew what our final destination would be, but we made it the only way we knew how—together.
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data:
Rosenberg, David.
Inside Pine Gap: the spy who came in from the desert / David Rosenberg.
ISBN: 9781742701738 (pbk.)
Subjects: Rosenberg, David.
Spies--United States--Biography.
Military bases, American--Northern Territory.
Military surveillance--Northern Territory.
Pine Gap (N.T.)
355.70994
Cover and text design by Peter Daniel
Typeset in ITC New Baskerville 10.3/17.3pt
Colour reproduction by Splitting Image Colour Studio
Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press