James B. WellsLaurel Review, a biannual print magazine that seeks “submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and those that blur the lines between genres,” recently published an interview co-editor Luke Rolfes did with me about my investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. https://laurelreview.org/james-wells
Whistleblowing Fact 895: David Colapinto, whistleblower attorney and co-founder of the National Whistleblower Center, says of Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew: “One of the best whistleblower stories ever. This page-turner tells the real-life story of Jack Wells, who died in the service of his country […]
My investigative memoir, Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, is in Ireland! Thank you, Jordan Wachman! I encourage others to post their pictures of Because.
Whistleblowing Fact 895: In some of the 400 letters I found 26 years after he died in Vietnam, my father self admits that his actions qualify him as meeting the academic definition of a whistleblower. Two prominent scholars, Near and Miceli, defined in a 1985 journal article what has become the classic and commonly accepted definition […]
“They say a person dies twice — once when they have their physical death and the second time when we stop saying their name.” https://jamesbwells.com/2023/09/25/giving-life/ This Memorial Day weekend, I wish to honor and mention the names of Wells family members who volunteered to defend our country during wartime. My great-great-grandfather Richard Wells cut down […]
It’s difficult to express my feelings at this moment. As 2024 comes to a close, I reflect on my accomplishments with a sense of satisfaction. Yet, I also feel mixed emotions about what awaits me in 2025. Shortly after retiring as a professor of criminology and criminal justice from Eastern Kentucky University on January 1, […]
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