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At the Center of the Storm
George Tenet
My Years at the CIA
HarperCollins
May 2007
On Sale: April 30, 2007
Featuring: George Tenet
576 pages ISBN: 0061147788 EAN: 9780061147784 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that
emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's
vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and
gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's
time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at
the inner workings of the most important intelligence
organization in the world during the most challenging times
in recent history. With unparalleled access to both the
highest echelons of government and raw intelligence from the
field, Tenet illuminates the CIA's painstaking attempts to
prepare the country against new and deadly threats,
disentangles the interlocking events that led to 9/11, and
offers explosive new information on the deliberations and
strategies that culminated in the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Beginning with his appointment as Director of Central
Intelligence in 1997, Tenet unfolds the momentous events
that led to 9/11 as he saw and experienced them: his
declaration of war on al-Qa'ida; the CIA's covert operations
inside Afghanistan; the worldwide operational plan to fight
terrorists; his warnings of imminent attacks against
American interests to White House officials in the summer of
2001; and the plan for a coordinated and devastating
counterattack against al-Qa'ida laid down just six days
after the attacks. Tenet's compelling narrative then turns to the war in Iraq
as he provides dramatic insight and background on the run-up
to the invasion, including a firsthand account of the
fallout from the inclusion of "sixteen words" in the
president's 2003 State of the Union address, which claimed
that Saddam Hussein had sought to purchase uranium from
Africa; the true context of Tenet's own now-famous "slam
dunk" comment regarding Saddam's WMD program; and the CIA's
critical role in an administration predisposed to take the
country to war. In doing so, he sets the record straight
about CIA operations and shows readers that the truth is
more complex than suggested in other versions of recent
history offered thus far. Through it all, Tenet paints an unflinching self-portrait of
a man caught between the warring forces of the
administration's decision-making process, the reams of
frightening intelligence pouring in from around the world,
and his own conscience. In At the Center of the Storm,
George Tenet draws on his unmatched experience within the
opaque mirrors of intelligence and provides crucial
information previously undisclosed to offer a moving,
revelatory profile of both a man and a nation in times of
crisis.
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