Binding: Paperback
Description: A CI a analyst's "revealing and utterly engrossing account" of the world of high - stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top - tier targets inside Al - Qaida (Joby Warrick). In 1999, 30 - year - old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington D. C. to join the CI a. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as a Targeting Officer eventually finding herself on the frontline of America's war against Islamic extremists. In this role Nada was charged with determining if Iraq had a relationship with 9/11 and Al - Qaida and finding the mastermind behind this terrorist activity: Abu Musab al - Zarqawi. Her team's analysis stood the test of time but it was not satisfactory for some members of the Administration. In a tight tension - packed narrative that takes the reader from Langley deep into Iraq Bakos reveals the inner workings of the Agency and the largely hidden world of intelligence gathering post 9/11. Entrenched in the world of the CI a Bakos along with her colleagues focused on leading U. S. Special Operations Forces to the doorstep of one of the world's most wanted terrorists. Filled with on - the - ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes The Targeter shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of determined ambitious men and women worked tirelessly in the heart of the CI a to ensure our nation's safety at home and abroad.
Title: The Targeter My Life In The Cia Hunting Terrorists And Challenging The White House
Author(s): Coburn David
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Barcode: 9780316260466
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 5/5/2020
Category: Warfare & Defence