If not, and if there is no consistently “first rate” intelligence service, then the problem may lie in an exaggerated expectation that any secret intelligence service can reliably “see things as they are in the world. (Not the KGB, certainly, nor the SIS or Mossad.) The implication here is that the standard for excellence has been set by another intelligence agency, one that unlike CIA is “first rate.” If so, it would be interesting to know which agency that is. That failure constitutes a danger to the national security of the United States,” Mr. Its a most read for the fanbois too,to make them grounded. It unravels the si called greatest Spy agency. “It describes how the most powerful country in the history of Western civilization has failed to create a first-rate spy service. Legacy of Ashes is a must read I have read 1/4th of the book,trust me, its amazing. Somewhat oddly, the book is framed as a “warning.” The detailed endnotes provide pointers for further investigation. The book synthesizes entire shelves of prior studies, and surpasses them with the fruits of deep archival research and two decades of on-the-record interviews. As a correspondent for the New York Times, he covered war and terrorism in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Sudan, and other nations. His journalism on secret government programs received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Upon publication this month, “Legacy of Ashes” by Tim Weiner of the New York Times has all at once become the best single source on the history of the Central Intelligence Agency. Legacy of Ashes, his history of the CIA, won the National Book Award.
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