Barbara Ferguson US Losing War on Terror: Book by CIA Official Fri Jun 25, 2004 14:36 64.140.158.46 US Losing War on Terror: Book by CIA Official Barbara Ferguson, Arab News http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=47255&d=24&m=6&y=2004 WASHINGTON, 24June 2004 — Harsh criticism is being aimed against the White House and their influence at the CIA. Two upcoming reports are expected to deliver harsh condemnation at this administration. The9 /11 commission, the final report is due out July26 , contends in17 preliminary assessments that the attacks could have been predicted, and thus might have been avoided. The Senate committee, whose 400-page report also is sharply critical of the CIA, is also considering releasing an unclassified version of their document next month. But even more disturbing to administration officials is a book scheduled to be released Aug.1 , which is said to be extremely critical of the Bush administration’s use of intelligence to justify the Iraq war. The book by an anonymous CIA official titled “Imperial Hubris,” describes Iraq and Afghanistan as two “failed half-wars” that have played into the enemy’s hands and complicated the war on terrorism, The New York Times said yesterday. The Guardian interviewed the author, “Anonymous,” last week. The paper writes, “Imperial Hubris is the latest in a relentless stream of books attacking the administration in election year. Most of the earlier ones, however, were written by embittered former officials. This one is unprecedented in being the work of a serving official with nearly20 years experience in counter-terrorism who is still part of the intelligence establishment.” The309 -page book was written by a Central Intelligence Agency officer who from 1996 to 1999 headed a special office to track Osama Bin Laden and who, in the book, is identified only as Anonymous, said the daily which obtained a copy of the book. In a highly unusual move allowing the publication of a book on a politically explosive topic, the CIA vetted the book to ensure it included no classified information, and a CIA official asked the daily not to reveal the identity of its author — a former CIA official identified him — because he could become a target of Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network, the daily said. In criticism directed both at US President George W. Bush and his predecessor Bill Clinton, the author of the book says US leaders “refuse to accept the obvious”. “We are fighting a worldwide Islamic insurgency — not criminality or terrorism — and our policy and procedures have failed to make more than a modest dent in enemy forces,” he said. He said the threat from radicals is rooted in opposition not to American values, but to policies and actions, particularly in the Muslim world. The book denounces the US occupation of Iraq as “an avaricious, premeditated unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat,” and said it would fuel the anti-American sentiments on which Bin Laden and his followers draw. “There is nothing that Bin Laden could have hoped for more than the American invasion and occupation of Iraq,” the author writes. In warning that the United States is losing the war on terrorism, Anonymous writes: “In the period since Sept.11 , the United States has dealt lethal blows to Al-Qaeda’s leadership and — if official claims are true — have captured3 , 000Al-Qaeda foot soldiers. “At the same time, we have waged two failed half-wars and, in doing so, left Afghanistan and Iraq seething with anti-US sentiment, fertile grounds for the expansion of Al-Qaeda and kindred groups.” Anonymous said he has “a pressing certainty that Al-Qaeda will attack the continental United States again, that its next strike will be more damaging than that of Sept.2001 11, and could include use of weapons of mass destruction.” ====================================================== ... June 23: An anonymous CIA officer is making controversial claims in a book about terrorism, saying the US is fighting the wrong war in the wrong place. ... MORE: =================================== ... The tone of Imperial Hubris is certainly angry and urgent ... former chief of operations at the CIA counter-terrorism ... Anonymous believes Mr Bush is taking the US in ... ====================================== Results 1 - 10 of about 86,000 for G.W. Bush + Lies ... articulate proponents of an Iraq invasion, including former NSC staffer Kenneth Pollack and the ubiquitous R. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA.) If the Golden Oldies are obsessed with vital national interests, narrowly-defined, All the Ex-President's Men are concerned first and foremost with ... http://www.tnr.com/iraq/iraq_expresidentsmen.mhtml The New Republic Online: Larry Johnson ... Subscriber Services Username Password June 25, 2004 Larry Johnson Author Search Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst. http://www.tnr.com/showBio.mhtml?pid=506 The New Republic Online: This Week's Issue ... 's 9/11 woes begin. Petty Cash by Franklin Foer Will McCain-Feingold spark a Democratic civil war? 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Poll Vault ... http://www.tnr.com/thisweek.mhtml?i=20021028 The New Republic Online: This Week's Issue ... in TNR Issue date: 09.22.03 Issue: 4,627 Cover Story The Operator by John B. Judis & Spencer Ackerman In his seven years as director of the CIA, George Tenet has upped the agency's profile and made it a key player in the war on terrorism. Unfortunately, he has done this in part by telling Congress ... http://www.tnr.com/thisweek.mhtml?i=20030922 The New Republic Online: This Week's Issue ... How Israeli hawks learned to love unilateral withdrawal. Spooked by Spencer Ackerman In its intelligence battles with the Pentagon, the CIA has been vindicated on virtually every count. So why is it the one surrendering? Unpunishable by Samantha Power How to try Saddam Hussein. ... http://www.tnr.com/thisweek.mhtml?i=20031229 The New Republic Online: Directory: Keyword ... only Preemptive by Spencer Ackerman Post date 06.03.04 The likely calculation behind Tenet's resignation: It's not going to be a good summer for the CIA web only Intelligence Test by Spencer Ackerman Post date 02.06.04 The White House has claimed credit for Libya's disarmament. Yesterday George Tenet ... http://www.tnr.com/directory/keyword.mhtml?kid=275 The New Republic Online: Directory: Keyword ... Shelby v. the Bushies. Oversight and Oversights by Jonathan Cohn Post date 06.03.02 web only Memogate by Richard Miniter Post date 05.28.02 Did the CIA squeal on the CIA? Analyze This by the Editors Post date 05.24.02 Why the FBI failed and how to fix it. WHITE HOUSE WATCH: Inquiring Minds by Ryan Lizza ... http://www.tnr.com/directory/keyword.mhtml?kid=268 The New Republic Online: Directory: Keyword ... June 25, 2004 Rumsfeld, Donald Return to Keyword Search Power Grab by Spencer Ackerman Post date 06.16.04 The next CIA director won't just have to deal with Al Qaeda. He'll have to deal with Stephen Cambone. TRB: You're Fired by Peter Beinart Post date 05.07.04 After Abu ... http://www.tnr.com/directory/keyword.mhtml?kid=95 Imperial Hubris IV - Book By C.I.A. Officer — James, Fri Jun 25 15:12 The Exception to the Rulers New! — GNN, Fri Jun 25 17:08 Quran (9:11) - IRAQ - VERY INTERESTING - DID YOU KNOW? — Carl, Fri Jun 25 17:17 Operation Mockingbird: CIA Media Manipulation — Anonymous, Fri Jun 25 15:19 CHECK THIS RESEARCH: Former President and CIA Director Bush — RESEARCHER, Fri Jun 25 15:30
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