![]() ![]() ![]() The agency certainly has had a history of far flung military adventures, but then it tried to get out of the killing business - only to come back at it in a big way since the September 11 attacks. The CIA is now at the center of waging covert wars in places like Pakistan and Yemen. What I’ve tried to do in my book is tell a story of a secret war, and how that war has changed places like the CIA and parts of the Pentagon. Mark Mazzetti: Peter’s books are absolutely terrific, and a hard act to follow! And, there have certainly been a number of terrific books covering the war on terror. Tom Ricks: What are we going to learn from your book that we haven’t gotten from others, like those by Peter Bergen? Here is an interview I did with the author by e-mail: It has all sorts of interesting details, like that the United States has the ability to remotely turn on a cell phone in Pakistan and then collect the precise coordinates of whoever is carrying it. It is The Way of the Knife, by Mark Mazzetti. The estimable Micah Zenko wants a “ first draft” of “the Third War.” Actually it has been written, and is being published this week. ![]()
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