Courting Disaster : How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Att...
ISBN: 9781596986039 | 1596986034
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Perseus Distribution Services
Pub. Date: 1/18/2010
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White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining the CIA's interrogation program and why Congress should authorize it. Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen, and in his new book, Courting Disaster, he documents just how effective the CIA's interrogations were in foiling attacks on America, penetrating al-Qaeda's high command, and providing our military with actionable intelligence. ... MORE
| Author's Note | p. 1 |
| Introduction: ôSheikh Osama Warned Youö | p. 3 |
| ôHell, Yes!ö | p. 21 |
| ôHow Could the CIA Be so Stupid?ö | p. 63 |
| ôYou Must Do This for All the Brothersö | p. 73 |
| ôYou Did the Right Thingö | p. 127 |
| Tough, Not Torture | p. 163 |
| ôAbsolute Evilö? | p. 183 |
| ôHard Choicesö | p. 195 |
| ôDouble Agentsö | p. 239 |
Marc Thiessen’s 15-year foreign policy career includes being being the top White House speechwriter, Sec. Rumsfeld’s speechwriter at the Pentagon, and spokesman for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is currently a senior fellow with the Hoover Institution. Thiessen lives near Washington, D.C.
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