See No Evil Review
See No Evil:
The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
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Fall Semester 200N
Professor X X
See No Evil Review
This report is based on the book; See No Evil, by Robert Baer. To be honest, I didn't read Baer's book. I listened to the audio version which has Robert Baer himself reading his book. While flying commuter and mail flights, I was able to listen to Baer’s adventures in the Middle East. There is a distinct similarity between this book and Harvey Kushner's Holy War on the Homefront, being that despite all the warnings our intelligence officers have supplied to our government agencies, there seems to be little or no action taken to stop terrorist attacks that could have been prevented. Our well-paid politicians stay fairly busy attending fundraisers and creating policies that hinder responses to vital information gathered by case officers and law-enforcement personnel about terrorist activities.
Robert Baer's book describes his years in the CIA from recruitment to retirement. He focuses mostly on the many years that he spent in the Middle East. He felt the need to know our enemy and understand how he works and moves so that we could be prepared for the eventual strike or strikes that would be sure to come. For years he investigated the embassy bombing in Beirut (1983) and the Marine barracks bombing, as well as other historical events. It seemed that whenever he came up with a plan to gather more information, his superiors would pull in the reins and try to hold him back. A number of times he would gather vital intelligence warning of a kidnapping, bombing, assassination, or even an all-out assault, and the information would be ignored because his source wasn't prepared or approved with the proper paperwork or bureaucratic red tape or some other flimsy excuse not to follow up.
Things in the Middle East work very differently than other places in the
The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
X X
X N X Security
Fall Semester 200N
Professor X X
See No Evil Review
This report is based on the book; See No Evil, by Robert Baer. To be honest, I didn't read Baer's book. I listened to the audio version which has Robert Baer himself reading his book. While flying commuter and mail flights, I was able to listen to Baer’s adventures in the Middle East. There is a distinct similarity between this book and Harvey Kushner's Holy War on the Homefront, being that despite all the warnings our intelligence officers have supplied to our government agencies, there seems to be little or no action taken to stop terrorist attacks that could have been prevented. Our well-paid politicians stay fairly busy attending fundraisers and creating policies that hinder responses to vital information gathered by case officers and law-enforcement personnel about terrorist activities.
Robert Baer's book describes his years in the CIA from recruitment to retirement. He focuses mostly on the many years that he spent in the Middle East. He felt the need to know our enemy and understand how he works and moves so that we could be prepared for the eventual strike or strikes that would be sure to come. For years he investigated the embassy bombing in Beirut (1983) and the Marine barracks bombing, as well as other historical events. It seemed that whenever he came up with a plan to gather more information, his superiors would pull in the reins and try to hold him back. A number of times he would gather vital intelligence warning of a kidnapping, bombing, assassination, or even an all-out assault, and the information would be ignored because his source wasn't prepared or approved with the proper paperwork or bureaucratic red tape or some other flimsy excuse not to follow up.
Things in the Middle East work very differently than other places in the
References: Robert Baer. See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA 's War on Terrorism. (Audio, 2005). Worldwide: Random House.