Another highlight is Mr. Tenet's chilling description of the proliferation network run by A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's bomb, who for over a decade sold nuclear components and bomb designs to North Korea, Iran, and Libya, among others. Mr. Tenet lists the agency's dogged surveillance and disruption of this network as one of its proudest achievements. But he is unwilling, or unable, given the CIA censorship of the book, to provide new information about that effort. Equally unnerving is Chapter 14, which describes Al Qaeda's efforts to acquire chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons in its own quest to achieve "shock 'n' awe." These chapters challenge analysts who now argue that the threat of unconventional terrorism is overblown.
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don myers
May 15, 2007 04:48
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Ace
May 11, 2007 22:52
Another highlight is Mr. Tenet's chilling description of the proliferation network run by A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's bomb,...
Rick Goranowski
May 11, 2007 16:33
Somewhere in all this I get a voice in the back of my head " it's the pot calling the... [MORE]
bob castaneda
May 11, 2007 16:17
Judy, I got a lot out of your insights on Tenet's book. As someone who was there with a sideline... [MORE]
John Murphy
May 12, 2007 14:04
Why would anyone give credence to Judith Miller's opinion. A bit like the pot calling the kettle black, don't you... [MORE]