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Courting disaster : how the CIA kept America safe and how Barack Obama is inviting the next attack, Marc A. Thiessen, (electronic resource)

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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. Thiessen also shows how reckless President Obama has been in shutting down the CIA?s program and releasing secret documents that have aided our enemies. In chilling detail, Thiessen reveals how close the terrorists came to striking again, how intelligence gained from ?enhanced interrogation? repeatedly stymied their plots, and how President Obama?s dismantling of this CIA program is inviting disaster for America
Language
eng
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1 online resource (484 p.)
Contents
  • "Sheikh Osama warned you"
  • "Hell, yes!"
  • "How could the CIA be so stupid?"
  • "You must do this for all the brothers"
  • "You did the right thing"
  • Tough, not torture
  • "Absolute evil?"
  • "Hard choices"
  • "Double agents"
  • "I want to go back to Guantanamo"
  • Throat-slitters, not sheep herders
  • "A present for Obama"
  • Courting disaster
  • "You've got a harder job"
  • The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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9781596981379
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https://tulsalibrary.freading.com/ebooks/details/r:download/ZnJlYWQxMjAxNw==
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Courting disaster : how the CIA kept America safe and how Barack Obama is inviting the next attack
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Courting disaster
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how the CIA kept America safe and how Barack Obama is inviting the next attack
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Marc A. Thiessen
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Language
eng
Summary
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. Thiessen also shows how reckless President Obama has been in shutting down the CIA?s program and releasing secret documents that have aided our enemies. In chilling detail, Thiessen reveals how close the terrorists came to striking again, how intelligence gained from ?enhanced interrogation? repeatedly stymied their plots, and how President Obama?s dismantling of this CIA program is inviting disaster for America
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TEFOD
Dewey number
327.1273
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
JK468.I6
LC item number
T453 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Courting disaster : how the CIA kept America safe and how Barack Obama is inviting the next attack, Marc A. Thiessen, (electronic resource)
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Courting disaster : how the CIA kept America safe and how Barack Obama is inviting the next attack, Marc A. Thiessen, (electronic resource)
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https://tulsalibrary.freading.com/ebooks/details/r:download/ZnJlYWQxMjAxNw==
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-472) and index
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multicolored
Contents
"Sheikh Osama warned you" -- "Hell, yes!" -- "How could the CIA be so stupid?" -- "You must do this for all the brothers" -- "You did the right thing" -- Tough, not torture -- "Absolute evil?" -- "Hard choices" -- "Double agents" -- "I want to go back to Guantanamo" -- Throat-slitters, not sheep herders -- "A present for Obama" -- Courting disaster -- "You've got a harder job" -- The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Extent
1 online resource (484 p.)
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online
Isbn
9781596981379
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(electronic bk.)
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