Tag: Facts and Fears

If nothing else this book will certainly drive you to the voting booth.

[my 2018 review on Goodreads] My view of the intelligence services was formed during the Church hearings in 1975, and all the bad opinions I held then were only confirmed when the news about the CIA’s extreme rendition (kidnapping) and extreme interrogation (torture) protocols broke following 9/11. But then I heard James Clapper talking about…

Read more If nothing else this book will certainly drive you to the voting booth.

An eye-witness account from a front-row seat to recent history, and very much worth reading.

My view of the intelligence services was formed during the Church hearings in 1975, and all the bad opinions I acquired then were only affirmed when the news about the CIA’s extreme rendition (kidnapping) and extreme interrogation (torture) protocols broke following 9/11. But then I heard James Clapper talking about his work in the IC (Intelligence…

Read more An eye-witness account from a front-row seat to recent history, and very much worth reading.