See No Evil: The True Story of Ground Soldier in the CIA's Counterterrorism Wars
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Author: Robert Baer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks it has become painfully clear how the intelligence community failed to uncover the widespread, long-term plot to bring down the World Trade Center and attack Washington, D.C. From the front page of the New York Times to articles in major magazines such as the New Yorker, the CIA has been portrayed as a bumbling organization that closed down its overseas presence after the Cold War and couldn't maintain a team of operatives who knew the language and customs of the country, necessary to root out terrorists. While the U.S. may have been surprised, Bob Baer wasn't. A 21 year veteran of the CIA's war on terrorism who ran agents in the Middle East, Baer saw Islamic terrorism--and our inadequate response to it--up close. SEE NO EVIL is the riveting, illuminating, at times disturbing memoir of Baer's years in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, almost all of them spent in the back alleys of the Middle East. Baer was a throwback to the days of swashbuckling operatives who didn't mind getting their hands dirty, knew how to run a covert operation, and had an understanding of Islamic culture and a fluency is Arabic language. In his book Baer reveals not only the decline of the CIA that led to September 11 but how terrorism works on the inside, including information never before made public, such as: -In 1995, the NSC intentially aborted a military coup d'etat against Saddam Hussein and then brought charges of attempted murder against Baer. Newsweek called this one of the worst CIA fiascos since the Bay of Pigs. -In 1996 bin Laden established a strategic alliance with Iran to coordinate terrorist attacks against the U.S. -Yasir Arafat got his start in terrorism as a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the group now associated with bin Laden. Most terrorism in Lebanon during the '80s was conducted with the assistance of this Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Author: Robert Baer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks it has become painfully clear how the intelligence community failed to uncover the widespread, long-term plot to bring down the World Trade Center and attack Washington, D.C. From the front page of the New York Times to articles in major magazines such as the New Yorker, the CIA has been portrayed as a bumbling organization that closed down its overseas presence after the Cold War and couldn't maintain a team of operatives who knew the language and customs of the country, necessary to root out terrorists. While the U.S. may have been surprised, Bob Baer wasn't. A 21 year veteran of the CIA's war on terrorism who ran agents in the Middle East, Baer saw Islamic terrorism--and our inadequate response to it--up close. SEE NO EVIL is the riveting, illuminating, at times disturbing memoir of Baer's years in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, almost all of them spent in the back alleys of the Middle East. Baer was a throwback to the days of swashbuckling operatives who didn't mind getting their hands dirty, knew how to run a covert operation, and had an understanding of Islamic culture and a fluency is Arabic language. In his book Baer reveals not only the decline of the CIA that led to September 11 but how terrorism works on the inside, including information never before made public, such as: -In 1995, the NSC intentially aborted a military coup d'etat against Saddam Hussein and then brought charges of attempted murder against Baer. Newsweek called this one of the worst CIA fiascos since the Bay of Pigs. -In 1996 bin Laden established a strategic alliance with Iran to coordinate terrorist attacks against the U.S. -Yasir Arafat got his start in terrorism as a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the group now associated with bin Laden. Most terrorism in Lebanon during the '80s was conducted with the assistance of this Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.
Author: Robert Baer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks it has become painfully clear how the intelligence community failed to uncover the widespread, long-term plot to bring down the World Trade Center and attack Washington, D.C. From the front page of the New York Times to articles in major magazines such as the New Yorker, the CIA has been portrayed as a bumbling organization that closed down its overseas presence after the Cold War and couldn't maintain a team of operatives who knew the language and customs of the country, necessary to root out terrorists. While the U.S. may have been surprised, Bob Baer wasn't. A 21 year veteran of the CIA's war on terrorism who ran agents in the Middle East, Baer saw Islamic terrorism--and our inadequate response to it--up close. SEE NO EVIL is the riveting, illuminating, at times disturbing memoir of Baer's years in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, almost all of them spent in the back alleys of the Middle East. Baer was a throwback to the days of swashbuckling operatives who didn't mind getting their hands dirty, knew how to run a covert operation, and had an understanding of Islamic culture and a fluency is Arabic language. In his book Baer reveals not only the decline of the CIA that led to September 11 but how terrorism works on the inside, including information never before made public, such as: -In 1995, the NSC intentially aborted a military coup d'etat against Saddam Hussein and then brought charges of attempted murder against Baer. Newsweek called this one of the worst CIA fiascos since the Bay of Pigs. -In 1996 bin Laden established a strategic alliance with Iran to coordinate terrorist attacks against the U.S. -Yasir Arafat got his start in terrorism as a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the group now associated with bin Laden. Most terrorism in Lebanon during the '80s was conducted with the assistance of this Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Author: Robert Baer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks it has become painfully clear how the intelligence community failed to uncover the widespread, long-term plot to bring down the World Trade Center and attack Washington, D.C. From the front page of the New York Times to articles in major magazines such as the New Yorker, the CIA has been portrayed as a bumbling organization that closed down its overseas presence after the Cold War and couldn't maintain a team of operatives who knew the language and customs of the country, necessary to root out terrorists. While the U.S. may have been surprised, Bob Baer wasn't. A 21 year veteran of the CIA's war on terrorism who ran agents in the Middle East, Baer saw Islamic terrorism--and our inadequate response to it--up close. SEE NO EVIL is the riveting, illuminating, at times disturbing memoir of Baer's years in the CIA's Directorate of Operations, almost all of them spent in the back alleys of the Middle East. Baer was a throwback to the days of swashbuckling operatives who didn't mind getting their hands dirty, knew how to run a covert operation, and had an understanding of Islamic culture and a fluency is Arabic language. In his book Baer reveals not only the decline of the CIA that led to September 11 but how terrorism works on the inside, including information never before made public, such as: -In 1995, the NSC intentially aborted a military coup d'etat against Saddam Hussein and then brought charges of attempted murder against Baer. Newsweek called this one of the worst CIA fiascos since the Bay of Pigs. -In 1996 bin Laden established a strategic alliance with Iran to coordinate terrorist attacks against the U.S. -Yasir Arafat got his start in terrorism as a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the group now associated with bin Laden. Most terrorism in Lebanon during the '80s was conducted with the assistance of this Nobel Peace Prize winner.
See No Evil: The True Story of Ground Soldier in the CIA's Counterterrorism Wars