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James risen is a skillful investigator and a courageous reporter, says h. L. Mencken. Risen is an author who doesn't mince words. The truth is out there and james r eisen has written about it," menckens says. Risen has risen to the top of the ranks of... Read More
The prose is brisk and easy to get through. The book is terrific.
This is critical information that demonstrates how dysfunctional our government has become. Most enlightening on the bush and current white house administration. Transparency of sources is critical and essential, given how easily it is to dismiss such... Read More
Anyone the government will spend 7 year persecuting and going after in the courts is worth supporting.
James risen's book focuses on the war on * and the defense contractor kbr.
Cons
If this book was written by an unknown author, maybe the lack of details could be excused. Nothing noteworthy. If you come at this with no fore knowledge ok.
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Even if you are aware of some of what went on and continues to go on with the trillions spent on defense and security you wil... Read More
He also notes correctly in my view that there has been absolute continuity between the methods employed by the bush administrat... Read More
This is because there is a conspiracy of silence between those who are charged with the responsibility of protecting the privac... Read More
This book deals with the so called 34service contracters34 that siphoned away millions of dollars during and after the war in iraq
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Pay any price is well written and very informative
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Staggering to read what went on in iraq by usa
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- This product had a total of 693 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 6 2023.
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Risens basic point is that the war on terror has been a boondoggle of historic proportions and the the outsourcing of duties as part of this war has attracted any number of amoral profiteers scoundrels and conmen
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However because these funds were overseen by the incredibly incompetent coalition provisional authority and often distributed by line commanders to pay off warlords billions of dollars went missing and remain unaccounted for
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But for me perhaps the most disturbing anecdote concerning nsa analyst bill binney and nsa chief michael hayden
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However binneys effective and inexpensive thinthread was sidelined by haydens trailblazer which turned out to be a massive failure
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When hayden finally began to make use of thin thread he took out the encryptions that binney built in so that the nsa could not spy on american citizens
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When binney and other whistleblowers tried to alert congress to the news that the nsa had turned itself into big brother spying with impunity on americans they were marginalized and had their lives destroyed
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But the contents will make people angry as well it should
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Although i am a constant follower of current events and avid reader of the new times i have never heard of many of those characters mentioned in risen’s book pay any price
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