I am about 180 pages into the new book Legacy of Ashes - The history of the CIA by Tim Weiner. Reading this makes me just frustrated that this small group failed to pursue intelligence, and instead simply went for the excitement of foolhardy covert ops. They failed miserably at both. The history of the CIA should really turn Gaddis' triumphalism on its head! See reviews at
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On the other hand I am shocked by NY Times Op-Ed piece by guys who saw Iraq as capable of threatening the US back before the invasion... now they say we may "win" the war. Even more astonishing is that they come from the Brookings Institute... well it seems all things I used to place faith in are just not solid. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/opinion/30pollack.html?ex=1186459200&en=612b6e87664c687c&ei=5070
