Company Man: Thirty years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA - Couverture souple

Rizzo, John

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ISBN 10 : 192207084X ISBN 13 : 9781922070845

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2014

Synopsis

From a former top-level insider whom the Los Angeles Times has called 'the most influential career lawyer in CIA history' comes an unprecedented memoir filled with revelatory stories about the US government's intelligence program. In 1975, fresh out of law school and working in a mind-numbing job at the US Treasury, John Rizzo took 'a total shot in the dark' and sent his resume to the Central Intelligence Agency. He had no notion that more than 30 years later, he would become a notorious public figure both a symbol and a victim of the toxic winds swirling in post - 9/11 Washington. From approving the rules that governing waterboarding and other 'enhanced interrogation techniques' to serving as the CIA's spokesperson during the Iran- Contra scandal, Rizzo witnessed and participated in virtually all of the significant operations of the CIA's modern history. He was the agency's top lawyer in the years after the 9/11 attacks, and oversaw actions that remain the subject of intense debate today. In Company Man, Rizzo charts the CIA's evolution over the course of his career, and offers a direct window into the organisation during some of its biggest controversies. In doing so, he has produced the most comprehensive insider account of the CIA ever written a groundbreaking, timely, timely, and remarkable personal history of American intelligence. 'Think of Tom Hagen, the Corleone family lawyer in The Godfather, and you begin to get the flavour of what Rizzo had seen and heard. He draws vivid portraits of the agency's great characters and their sometimes outrageous schemes ...If you're interested in the inside life of the CIA, read this book!' David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and New York Times bestselling author of Body of Lies 'When the CIA was in trouble, big trouble, it called John ...Rizzo knows where the bodies are buried because he helped stash them. Company Man reads like the CIA's conscience ...Why did the CIA violently interrogate suspects and then destroy the evidence? Rizzo knows, and he's talking.' Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent and author of War Journal

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Rizzo had a thirty-four-year career as a lawyer at CIA, culminating with seven years as the Agency's chief legal officer. In the post-9/11 era, he helped create and implement the full spectrum of aggressive counterterrorist operations against Al Qaeda, including the so-called 'enhanced interrogation program' and lethal strikes against the Al Qaeda leadership. Since retiring from the CIA, he has served as senior counsel at a Washington, DC, law firm and is a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution. He is a graduate of Brown University and George Washington University Law School.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 192207084X
• ISBN 13: 9781922070845
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible