The CIA at War: Inside the Secret Campaign Against Terror Book

ith a worldwide reach, and the go-ahead to conduct devastating raids against America's enemies, the CIA is critical to preserving America's freedom.But the agency is a closed world and few Americans know what goes on among the spymasters who plot America's war on terror. Only Ron Kessler could have obtained the access necessary to tell the CIA's story.An award-winning former investigative reporter, Kessler interviewed hundreds of operatives, including Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, who ordered unprecedented agency cooperation for Kessler. The book presents the inside, exclusive story of: -How the CIA clandestinely determined that North Korea was embarking on a nuclear arms program as early as 1991 -How the CIA ignored the fact that 300 employees in sensitive agency positions had failed to pass polygraph tests -Why the CIA will be even more critically important to U.S. security in years to come than it is today -What steps the CIA is taking to combat terrorism outside the Middle East -What the CIA is doing to stop rogue states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. From the CIA's intelligence failure of 9/11 to its critical role in preventing further attacks, Kessler's book tells the riveting, unique story of a secretive, powerful agency and its confrontation with global terrorism.Read More