Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook11 hours
Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America's War on Terror
Written by Senator Bob Graham and Jeff Nussbaum
Narrated by Jonathan Marosz
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
In this explosive, controversial, and profoundly alarming insider's report, Senator Bob Graham reveals faults in America's national security network severe enough to raise fundamental questions about the competence and honesty of public officials in the CIA, the FBI, and the White House.
For ten years, Senator Graham served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he had access to some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Graham co-chaired a historic joint House-Senate inquiry into the intelligence community's failures. From that investigation and his own personal fact-finding, Graham discovered disturbing evidence of terrorist activity and a web of complicity:
• At one point, a terrorist support network conducted some of its operations through Saudi Arabia's U.S. embassy-and a funding chain for terrorism led to the Saudi royal family.
• In February 2002, only four months after combat began in Afghanistan, the Bush administration ordered General Tommy Franks to move vital military resources out of Afghanistan for an operation against Iraq-despite Franks's privately stated belief that there was a job to finish in Afghanistan, and that the war on terrorism should focus next on terrorist targets in Somalia and Yemen.
• Throughout 2002, President Bush directed the FBI to limit its investigations of Saudi Arabia, which supported some and possibly all of the September 11 hijackers.
• The White House was so uncooperative with the bipartisan inquiry that its behavior bore all the hallmarks of a cover-up.
• The FBI had an informant who was extremely close to two of the September 11 hijackers, and actually housed one of them, yet the existence of this informant and the scope of his contacts with the hijackers were covered up.
• There were twelve instances when the September 11 plot could have been discovered and potentially foiled.
• Days after 9/11, U.S. authorities allowed some Saudis to fly, despite a complete civil aviation ban, after which the government expedited the departure of more than one hundred Saudis from the United States.
• Foreign leaders throughout the Middle East warned President Bush of exactly what would happen in a postwar Iraq, and those warnings went either ignored or unheeded.
As a result of his Senate work, Graham has become convinced that the attacks of September 11 could have been avoided, and that the Bush administration's war on terrorism has failed to address the immediate danger posed by al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. His book is a disturbing reminder that at the highest levels of national security, now more than ever, intelligence matters.
From the Hardcover edition.
For ten years, Senator Graham served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he had access to some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Graham co-chaired a historic joint House-Senate inquiry into the intelligence community's failures. From that investigation and his own personal fact-finding, Graham discovered disturbing evidence of terrorist activity and a web of complicity:
• At one point, a terrorist support network conducted some of its operations through Saudi Arabia's U.S. embassy-and a funding chain for terrorism led to the Saudi royal family.
• In February 2002, only four months after combat began in Afghanistan, the Bush administration ordered General Tommy Franks to move vital military resources out of Afghanistan for an operation against Iraq-despite Franks's privately stated belief that there was a job to finish in Afghanistan, and that the war on terrorism should focus next on terrorist targets in Somalia and Yemen.
• Throughout 2002, President Bush directed the FBI to limit its investigations of Saudi Arabia, which supported some and possibly all of the September 11 hijackers.
• The White House was so uncooperative with the bipartisan inquiry that its behavior bore all the hallmarks of a cover-up.
• The FBI had an informant who was extremely close to two of the September 11 hijackers, and actually housed one of them, yet the existence of this informant and the scope of his contacts with the hijackers were covered up.
• There were twelve instances when the September 11 plot could have been discovered and potentially foiled.
• Days after 9/11, U.S. authorities allowed some Saudis to fly, despite a complete civil aviation ban, after which the government expedited the departure of more than one hundred Saudis from the United States.
• Foreign leaders throughout the Middle East warned President Bush of exactly what would happen in a postwar Iraq, and those warnings went either ignored or unheeded.
As a result of his Senate work, Graham has become convinced that the attacks of September 11 could have been avoided, and that the Bush administration's war on terrorism has failed to address the immediate danger posed by al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. His book is a disturbing reminder that at the highest levels of national security, now more than ever, intelligence matters.
From the Hardcover edition.
Unavailable
Related to Intelligence Matters
Related audiobooks
Plan of Attack Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragonfire: Four Days That (Almost) Changed America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump's War on the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sit Room: In the Theater of War and Peace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rumsfeld's War: The Untold Story of America's Anti-Terrorist Commander Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cyber Spies and Secret Agents of Modern Times Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twilight Warriors: The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpies on Trial: True Tales of Espionage in the Courtroom Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Distant Service: The Life of the First U.S. Foreign Service Officer to be Assassinated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInsanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWatergate: The Scandal That Brought Down a President Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReal Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5See Something Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government's Submission to Jihad Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Politics For You
Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 48 Laws of Power Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Behold a Pale Horse Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Elon Musk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Out of the Wreckage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While Time Remains: A North Korean Girl's Search for Freedom in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Small Mercies: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An American Marriage: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Intelligence Matters
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews