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Playing to the Edge
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror | Michael V. Hayden
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An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both CIA and NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and wrenching change For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means (…more)
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Ksvz
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2017 #112 NF audio an interesting look into the NSA and intelligence operations. While he definitely has a political slant, you can't fault his point of view given his history in the making of the world we live in today. Slow to start but the last third of the book had substantial meat to it.

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I was excited for this book after seeing an interview with Michael Hayden on CBS Sunday morning. Somehow, Hayden managed to make the fundamentally interesting topic of wartime espionage, well, um, boring. Also, the tone can be fairly described as apologist for unpopular Bush era policies.