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Title: See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer ISBN: 1-4000-4684-X Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (119 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Sheds light on our current state of intelligence
Comment: When people need to look for answers on why there was so many lapses in the Iraqi intelligence look no further than "See No Evil". Basically the average American does not comprehend all the steps the government takes to keep us safe. Whether or not they benefit in the process; I don't care. Just keep my butt safe, we should take lessons from this book and 9-11 and do whatever it takes to keep the US safe at all costs.
People are currently complaining about the economy, jobs, healthcare, education. Without great intelligence the next 9-11 attack might make our job searches irrelevant.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Critical Examination from within the CIA
Comment: The main point of this memoir is that the CIA today has fallen in love with technology and has all but abandoned the use of spies throughout the world. This change can be seen by observing the 21 year career of the author. This new emphasis on satellite technology could not come at a worse time. With the changing nature of the threats against the United States, this is not the time to forsake human contact with foreign governments for satellite photographs, a concern that is echoed by the author. The early part of his career provides for an entertaining read as you follow him throughout the middle east on various assignments attempting to recruit agents to learn about our enemies. The later part of the book focuses on his return to Washington where he learns of the politicalization of the CIA and his attempts to get his superiors to realize the mistake of the reliance on new technology. This is not a comprehensive history of the CIA, so do not expect to find that here. Instead, expect to find the fascinating story of one man traveling from Beirut during the bombing of the marine barracks (an attack which he became obsessed with solving)in 1983 to the current jungle that is our nation's capitol.
Rating: 4
Summary: What's NOT said tells the story.
Comment: I feel Baer is an extremely qualified expert in this area and managed to write his story within the enormous constraints that his CIA career has bound to him. Not only was his story subject to review and edit (by the CIA) prior to publishing, but acknowledging too much can be just as dangerous.
I feel that he has side-stepped some issues, either due to story relevancy or because he knew that they would never be allowed to be published. Other topics were explained away and left bobbing in the "it can't possibly be a conspiracy" ocean. Baer himself dismisses the "conspiracy theory" while making the best argument I've seen in years for one. (i.e; big oil-politics, etc.)
That being said I think it is shameful and criminal that the US intelligence apparatus has fallen into the state of disrepair that it has. Immediatly after 9-11 the joint chiefs asked the relevant CIA representative "how many assets do we have on the ground in afghanistan ? The answer of course was "None".
Although it is tantalizing to blame this lack of effectivness on Clinton I feel that Baer is evenly spreading the blame all the way back to the Reagan years. This would include the presidency of G.H.W. Bush who was once the director of the CIA, just prior to his being picked as a presidential running mate for Reagan. I feel this assessment is correct.
I give this book 4 of 5 stars. I feel that there is more to tell and that Baer is capable of making two more books on the topics he covered here. I think he should write them, as a service to the taxpayers that have no choice but to fund these activities, and for the common good. Let it all hang out Bob. "Let the truth be told, though the heavens fall"
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Title: Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer ISBN: 1400050219 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Inside the CIA by Ronald Kessler ISBN: 067173458X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Master of Disguise : My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez ISBN: 0060957913 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, And Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It by John Miller, Michael Stone ISBN: 0786869003 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism by Dore Gold ISBN: 0895261359 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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