Editing Jack Ryan (character) (section)

====''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'' (August 17, 1989)====
Ryan (portrayed by [[Harrison Ford]] in the film) is promoted to acting Deputy Director of Intelligence when Greer is hospitalized with [[cancer]]. Despite this, he is not made aware of a highly covert and illegal CIA operation, encouraged by the president, which claimed that domestic drug abuse was a "clear and present danger" to American security, and approved by corrupt [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] Admiral James Cutter. This operation targets [[Colombia]]n drug lords in [[South America]] using light infantry troops of Hispanic descent and occasional precision air strikes with sophisticated "smartbombs", in what is usually considered a law enforcement area. Ryan works with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) to rescue a small group of American soldiers cut off in Colombia, forcing him to miss Greer's funeral. Also in this operation, he first met the U.S. government operative [[John Clark (Tom Clancy character)|John Clark]], with whom he would become friends. Around this time, Ryan also runs afoul of Elizabeth Elliot, international affairs advisor to then-presidential candidate [[Governor of Ohio]] J. Robert Fowler, and one of Cathy Ryan's former professors.