Courting Disaster

By Marc A Thiessen

Subjects: Intelligence service, united states, Terrorism, government policy, Current Events, Politics, Nonfiction, United states, politics and government, 2009-2017, Obama, barack, 1961-, United states, central intelligence agency, September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001, National security, united states

Description: White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining the CIA's interrogation program and why Congress should authorize it. Few know more about these CIA operations than Thiessen, and in his new book, Courting Disaster, he documents just how effective the CIA's interrogations were in foiling attacks on America, penetrating al-Qaeda's high command, and providing our military with actionable intelligence. Thiessen also shows how reckless President Obama has been in shutting down the CIA's program and releasing secret documents that have aided our enemies.