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Liked It “This is a very clear account of what happened to Valerie Plame when she didn't agree with the Bush administration.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This is a very clear account of what happened to Valerie Plame when she didn't agree with the Bush administration.”
mary p wrote this review Tuesday, June 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I've read other people comment that all the redacting make it hard to read. I would like to add that at times it's almost impossible to listen to.
Clinton F wrote this review Thursday, April 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The Afterward written by Laura Rozen is suppose to help, but I found it mostly trivia and what little information it adds would have been more meaningful if it had been allowed to be part of the main book.
I can't see how the CIA protected national security, but the obviously did a disservice to the literary world.”
“An all too true and factual account (with tedious details) of America's "Invisible Government" and how the White House can royally screw up and mis-use and ABUSE the power entrusted to it to protect the USA--and the unsuspecting John Q Public.”
Daniel X wrote this review Monday, March 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“From her account, it doesn't sound like Valerie Wilson was actually covert when she was supposedly "outed." I don't know why this became such an issue.”
Yuri G wrote this review Tuesday, August 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Oh my!! I did not want to read this book but I took it from the shelf at the library and I just could not leave it. As you open the book you see that part of the sentences are blacked out! Enven some full pages are black out. Some times only the periods after hte sentences are the only think that is not backed out! What??? yes! and i tell you: it is ridiculous what censors can do!! But do not worry, the last many pages of Laura Rozen's "afterword" are filling in the gaps! (she was not bound to the censorship) If you want to understand all, read first the afterword and then read the book. Otherwise, try to guess and see the answers at the end.
nataliar wrote this review Friday, July 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The book is very well written.”
“good book but the government edits were infuriating. thank goodness for the afterword.”
patty l wrote this review Saturday, June 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book was awesome. I'm already a bit to the left, but after reading this I have a whole new take on the Bush administration. It was completely eye opening! I only wish there was a bibliography at the end.”
Paul R wrote this review Tuesday, May 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Again, frightening look at the current administration. However, I was disappointed at the level and depth of her writing. I felt like I was reading a high shool diary--I had hoped to find her of more intelect.”
Jessica S wrote this review Tuesday, April 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Absolutely fascinating account of life in the CIA of the last decade. Ms Wilson published the book with the CIA redactions, but the afterword fills in the blanks pretty well. It is an interesting process trying to figure out what is missing and then trying to figure out why. I just kind of went with the flow.
Tom K wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
What is truly infuriating--and what this book does an excellent job portraying--is how much time, effort and care went into creating Ms Wilson as an intelligence asset only to have the Bush administration out her in a fit of petty political revenge against her husband for doing nothing more than telling the truth. It makes one wonder about the nature of patriotism and treason. Is a patriot loyal to his country, or the politically motivated president currently in office? Is illegally outing an expensively trained and carefully cultivated valuable intelligence agent an act of treason when the vice president himself does it to exact political vengeance on an American citizen?
And of course it is ironic beyond words that Ms Wilson was working, among other things, on the control of weapons of mass destruction.”
