Milton Farb suffers from both paranoia and OCD but is a genius with numbers and has made a fortune at the casinos. Too many years of heavy drug use has made his thoughts suspected by others but the group knows his worth, and he is an accomplished sniper.Ĭaleb Shaw works a simple job in the Rare Book section of the Library of Congress even though he has two doctorate degrees. When he quit and became a war protester, he became a pariah. Reuben Rhodes was an agent for the DIA after serving in the military in Vietnam. Now he is a crypt keeper at a cemetery and is quietly searching for those who, years before, murdered his wife and stole his daughter. In truth his real name is John Carr and he was for many years an assassin for the CIA's mysterious 'Triple Six' division. The leader of the group is a man named Oliver Stone, or so he calls himself now, an homage to the noted film director who has turned a couple of conspiracy theories into blockbusters. And what they see is often real and often dangerous. In truth, they are four very intelligent men who spend their lives listening and watching and, when they compare notes and thoughts, start seeing more than most do.

They certainly have no power to do anything about what they find, or think they find, and their behavior is usually enough to make anyone thinking of listening to walk away. That is what the few people that actually pay attention to them think. The Camel Club is a quartet of conspiracy nuts in the nation's capital.

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