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020 _a0743270665 (hbk) :
_c26.00 USD
100 1 _aRISEN James
245 _aState of war :
_bthe secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration /
_cJames Risen
260 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2006
300 _a240 p.
520 _aJournalistic account of the strained relationship between America's political leadership and its intelligence apparatus. Presents various examples of dubious actions, information cutoffs, and lack of oversight. Among the "achievements" was the complete lack of evidence of WMD in Iraq, and a high-risk operation called MERLIN designed to supply deliberately flawed nuclear weapons technology to Iran.
650 _aCIA
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xINTELLIGENCE SERVICES
945 _i21665-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c7563
_d7563