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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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Synopsis:
White House speech writer 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.
Courting Disaster proves: How the CIA program thwarted
specific deadly attacks against the U.S. Why “enhanced
interrogation” was not torture by any reasonable legal or moral
standard. How the information gained by “enhanced
interrogation” could not have been acquired any other way. And
how President Obama’s actions since taking office have left
America much more vulnerable to attack
White House speech writer 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.
Courting Disaster proves: How the CIA program thwarted
specific deadly attacks against the U.S. Why “enhanced
interrogation” was not torture by any reasonable legal or moral
standard. How the information gained by “enhanced
interrogation” could not have been acquired any other way. And
how President Obama’s actions since taking office have left
America much more vulnerable to attack
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It's time to stop listening to the pundits talk about interrogation
and "torture" and listen to those who actually have saved lives by
extracting information from terrorist detainees. We should have
gratitude for what these people have done. They have saved
thousands of American lives. Thiessen shows how silly and totally
off the mark claims are about torture and what really goes on in
the interrogation program. Highly recommended. *****__Peter
F. Schweizer.
Courting Disaster begins with a note from the author: "You
should not be reading this book. I should not have been able to
write it." Thiessen examines all the classified info leaked "drip by
drip" over the years by government officials and the info the
Obama Administration put out in the public domain last year.
A really good read, Courting Disaster, provides great insight into
the other side of this debate-- namely that, there are many
committed public servants in the CIA and other government
agencies that are doing all they can to protect us from another
9/11. I wondered when someone would speak up for those that
don't generally speak up in their own defense. This book is the
answer. *****__Z. Ojakli.
It is no accident that we haven't been attacked since 9/11...and
after reading Thiessen's book, you'll want to write a thank you
note to the dedicated members of the CIA - and others - who
have helped keep us safe. And you might want to write Thiessen
a thank-you as well for a story well told and a job well done.
*****__K. Sullivan.
and "torture" and listen to those who actually have saved lives by
extracting information from terrorist detainees. We should have
gratitude for what these people have done. They have saved
thousands of American lives. Thiessen shows how silly and totally
off the mark claims are about torture and what really goes on in
the interrogation program. Highly recommended. *****__Peter
F. Schweizer.
Courting Disaster begins with a note from the author: "You
should not be reading this book. I should not have been able to
write it." Thiessen examines all the classified info leaked "drip by
drip" over the years by government officials and the info the
Obama Administration put out in the public domain last year.
A really good read, Courting Disaster, provides great insight into
the other side of this debate-- namely that, there are many
committed public servants in the CIA and other government
agencies that are doing all they can to protect us from another
9/11. I wondered when someone would speak up for those that
don't generally speak up in their own defense. This book is the
answer. *****__Z. Ojakli.
It is no accident that we haven't been attacked since 9/11...and
after reading Thiessen's book, you'll want to write a thank you
note to the dedicated members of the CIA - and others - who
have helped keep us safe. And you might want to write Thiessen
a thank-you as well for a story well told and a job well done.
*****__K. Sullivan.
About the Author:
Marc Thiessen’s 15-year foreign policy
career included being the top White
House speech writer, Sec. Rumsfeld’s
speech writer 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.
Marc Thiessen’s 15-year foreign policy
career included being the top White
House speech writer, Sec. Rumsfeld’s
speech writer 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.