At the center of the storm : my years at the CIA
Tenet's memoir of his life at the CIA--a revelatory look at the inner workings of America's top intelligence agency and its dealings with national leaders at home and abroad. Tenet illuminates how the country was prepared--and not prepared--to deal with a world full of new and deadly threats. Beginning with his installation as Director in 1997, he unfolds the events that led up to 9/11: his declaration of war on Al Qaeda in 1998, CIA operations inside Afghanistan, the worldwide operational plan to fight terror, his warnings to White House officials in the spring and summer of 2001, and the plan for a response laid down just six days after the attack. In his narration of the run-up to the war in Iraq, Tenet provides fresh insights and background. Finally, he offers his thoughts on the future of U.S. intelligence and its role in foreign-policy decisions.--From publisher description
Biography
xxii, 549 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780061147784, 9780061234415, 0061147788, 0061234419
71163669
The towpath
The burning platform
Shot out of a cannon
Waging peace
Beyond Wye
Arafat
Gathering storm
"They're coming here"
9/11
"We're at war"
Missed opportunities
Into the sanctuary
Threat matrix
They want to change history
The merchant of death and the Colonel
Casus Belli
"The one issue that everyone could agree on"
No authority, direction, or control
Slam dunk
Taking "the case" public
Diplomacy by other means
The hunt for WMD
Mission not accomplished
Sixteen words
Going
Includes index