At the Center of the Storm: The CIA During America's Time of Crisis, (Paperback)

from yeremenko

Tenet convincingly makes his case as the fall guy for the Iraq war. The key point in the book (of course) is his explanation of the "slam dunk" remark. He claims it was taken out of context and that Bob Woodward misled him into believing it would be downplayed. Other accounts of the lead up to th...

from DeaconBernie

Since this the only "insider" book about the operation of the CIA for the 7 years that Tenet was chief, I'm completely able to judge it. Tenet seems to not plead other people dropped the ball and the book is not laden with why we should or should not have done anything about Somalia, the Balkans,...

from Eamonn12

This is the book by the man who was in charge of America's spy network before, during and after the attack on the Twin Towers. Before: so how come the biggest spy network in the world didn't gather enough information to prevent the attack? After: so how come the biggest spy network in the world d...

from yeremenko

Tenet convincingly makes his case as the fall guy for the Iraq war. The key point in the book (of course) is his explanation of the "slam dunk" remark. He claims it was taken out of context and that Bob Woodward misled him into believing it would be downplayed. Other accounts of the lead up to th...

from carioca

Well well. I got this book because, like most of us, I wanted to see if someone could shed any light on what's really going on out there in Iraq. And although I do not think George Tenet could have it otherwise, he does not really help clarify things for me. I think he is clearly dealing with a l...