false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173918692m/345073.jpg 345073 3 James Bamford builds his case against America's intelligence agencies from the ground up, which makes for devastating reading not only for his subjects, but for anyone concerned with the nation's security or simply smart use of taxpayer dollars. Indeed, one can't help but cringe as the veteran journalist records the alarming post-Cold War floundering of the C.I.A., N.S.A., Defense Department, and succeeding administrations in the face of burgeoning terrorist threats that culminate with the attack on 9-11. Seemingly caught flatfooted by the demise of the Soviet Union, the U.S. intelligence community stumbles through the 1990s as it becomes institutionally hidebound and sluggish. During relatively peaceful times, its shortcomings, while not unnoticed, remain largely unaddressed. As Bamford sees it, with the arrival of George W. Bush, the situation goes from bad to worse. With the neocons in power, intelligence gathering is corrupted and politicized to create the grounds for going to war with Iraq. While much of what appears here has appeared earlier in works by Joseph Wilson, Richard Clarke, and others, Bamford pulls the loose ends together and adds new reporting to create a wide-ranging yet taut and absorbing expose of an American security apparatus that combines vast power with stunning ineptitude. <I>--Steven Stolder</I> 544913 2004 A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies total:61|5:20|4:21|3:15|2:4|1:1| 61 238 110 14 4 3 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 11 17:04:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:58:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 04 11:53:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 11:53:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Oct 26 22:59:37 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 23:04:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 09:26:12 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 15:54:44 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 10:18:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 10:27:34 -0800 2008
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