Review: Blake's Apocalypse: A Study in Poetic Argument

Blake's Apocalypse: A Study in Poetic Argument by Harold Bloom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Great Dialogues of Plato - The Republic - Apology - Crito - Phaedo - Ion - Meno - Symposium .

Great Dialogues of Plato - The Republic - Apology - Crito - Phaedo - Ion - Meno - Symposium . by W.H.D. Rouse
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service

The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Qari Ahmadullah's supposed death.

The CIA would pay a price in a geopolitical policy environment often led by those who did not understand intelligence or who chose to manipulate it for their own preconceived agendas. President George W. Bush would order legal covert action, such as the detention of terrorist combatants and enhanced interrogation techniques, only to have President Barack Obama direct his attorney general to investigate CIA officers for possible illegal conduct.

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Tony gave the signal. He and his team overpowered the Taliban contingent. They bound and gagged them and left them on the hut floor. They rolled Amadullah’s representative into a carpet. In broad daylight, they walked out of the house and down the road with the extra-bulky carpet under their arms. They made it to the predesignated LZ. After a gutwrenching delay, a helicopter picked them up.

Within twenty-four hours of his capture, the Taliban prisoner revealed AQ and Taliban command posts and other positions along the Pakistan border. Based on this intelligence, confirmed by other sources, including our UAVs, we requested an air strike.

U.S. aircraft transformed these enemy sites into a mix of rubble, dust, flesh, and bone. Scores of AQ and Taliban died. During the bombing, the Predator picked up one individual fleeing on foot. He made it to a motorbike and tried to escape. He did not get far. He disappeared in a fiery blast.

We watched on the video monitor. We later learned the fleeing man was Taliban intelligence chief Amadullah.

Crumpton reveals himself to be the "Hank" interviewed by Woodward in Bush at War.

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Review: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Amish Wife

The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman

Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman by Harlow Giles Unger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Audible Audio edition, narrated by John Lescault as credited on the image on this entry.

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Review: Generation of Swine Gonzo Papers Volume 2 Ta

Generation of Swine Gonzo Papers Volume 2 Ta by Hunter S. Thompson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Narrated by one of my favorite narrators John Lee

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