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Whistleblower at the CIA
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Auteur: Melvin A. Goodman
Titel: Whistleblower at the CIA
Uitgever: City Lights Publishers
ISBN: 9780872867314
ISBN boekversie: 9780872867307
Prijs: € 20.37
Verschijningsdatum: 24-04-2017
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Categorie: Intelligence
Taal: English
Imprint: City Lights Publishers
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Verschijningsvorm: E-book
 

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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military . . . he is also telling us how to save ourselves.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eSeymour M. Hersh\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWhistleblower at the CIA\u003c/em\u003e offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret, behind-the-scenes world of U.S. intelligence. Melvin A. Goodman's first-person account of the systematic manipulation of intelligence at the CIA underscores why whistleblowing is so important, and why the institutional obstacles to it are so intense. . . . At its core it's an invaluable historical expose, a testimony to integrity and conscience, and a call for the U.S. intelligence community to keep its top leaders in check. Urgent, timely, and deeply recommended.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Ellsberg\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mel Goodman shines a critical whistleblower light into the dark recesses of the CIA as a former insider. His book serves in the public interest as a warning and wake-up call for what's at stake and why we cannot trust the CIA or the intelligence establishment to do the right thing.\"\u0026mdash;\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Drake\u003c/strong\u003e, former NSA senior executive and whistleblower\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Mel Goodman's Whistleblower at the CIA is not just an insider's look at politics at the highest levels of government. It's also a personal account of the political odyssey Goodman had to negotiate for telling the truth. The CIA likes for its employees to believe that everything is a shade of grey. But some things are black or white, right or wrong. Mel Goodman did what was right. He may have paid with his career, but he's on the right side of history.\"\u0026mdash;\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Kiriakou\u003c/strong\u003e, former CIA Counterterrorism Officer and former Senior Investigator, Senate Foreign Relations Committee\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMelvin Goodman's long career as a respected intelligence analyst at the CIA, specializing in US/Soviet relations, ended abruptly. In 1990, after twenty-four years of service, Goodman resigned when he could no longer tolerate the corruption he witnessed at the highest levels of the Agency. In 1991 he went public, blowing the whistle on top-level officials and leading the opposition against the appointment of Robert Gates as CIA director. In the widely covered Senate hearings, Goodman charged that Gates and others had subverted \"the process and the ethics of intelligence\" by deliberately misinforming the White House about major world events and covert operations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this breathtaking expose, Goodman tells the whole story. Retracing his career with the Central Intelligence Agency, he presents a rare insider's account of the inner workings of America's intelligence community, and the corruption, intimidation, and misinformation that lead to disastrous foreign interventions. An invaluable and historic look into one of the most secretive and influential agencies of US government--and a wake-up call for the need to reform its practices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelvin A. Goodman \u003c/strong\u003eserved as a senior analyst and Division Chief at the CIA from 1966 to 1990. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c/em\u003e, and many others. He is author of six books on US intelligence and international security.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e
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