Cooper's review of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer
[Audio:] Baer is a career CIA field agent who worked the Middle East during the late '70's, 80's, and 90's. Great insight into the happenings and politics of the Middle East, as well as the horribly corrosive effect of politics on the collection and use of intelligence. He has very little that is positive to say about the Clinton administration and its interest in getting re-elected over keeping the country safe (hence the title). Also, he points a finger very squarely at Iran's state-sponsored terrorism as the source of many of our current ills. Far from being the saints they like to think of themselves as, Iran has been involved--directly or through surrogates--in most of the terrorist acts coming from the Middle East.
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