James Risen è un corrispondente di sicurezza nazionale per il New York Times. Il suo lavoro è stato riconosciuto con un Premio Pulitzer per la sua copertura dell'11 settembre e del terrorismo. Esplora gli intricati meccanismi della sicurezza nazionale e dell'intelligence.
Written from the unique perspective of a veteran CIA insider, this book details the intelligence struggles between the CIA and KGB in the last days of the Cold War, covering ground from the Vatican to Baghdad to Kabul and culminating in the atrocities of September 11th 2001.
Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It was 1975, and a senator named Frank Church stood almost alone in the face of extraordinary abuses of power.
War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses — and until this book, it has worked very hard to cover them up. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR authorized the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Presidents Bush and Obama now must face their own reckoning. Power corrupts, but it is endless war that corrupts absolutely.
The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration - With a New Epilogue: The Struggle Over Executive Power
James Risen has broken story after story on the abuses of power of the Bush administration.From warrantless wiretapping to secret financial data mining to the CIA's rogue operations, he has shown again and again that the executive branch has dangerously overreached, repudiated checks and balances on its power, and maintained secrecy even with its allies in Congress. In no small part thanks to Risen and State of War, the "secret history" of the Bush years has now come partially into view.In a new epilogue for the paperback edition, Risen describes the two-front war that President Bush is now at home against Congress and the Supreme Court, as his administration is increasingly reined in from its abuses; and in the Middle East, where George W. Bush's great gamble to bring a democratic revolution is failing radically. We must learn the lessons of Risen's history now, before it is too late.