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Inside the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence organization in the world through the most challenging times in recent history. With unparalleled access to both the highest echelons of government and raw intelligence from the field, Tenet illuminates the CIA's painstaking attempts to prepare the united states against new and deadly threats, disentangles the interlocking events that led to 9/11, and will be offering explosive new information on the deliberations and strategies that culminated in the U.S. invasion of Iraq.You start with his appointment as Director of Central Intelligence in 1997, Tenet unfolds the momentous events that led to 9/11 as he saw and experienced them: his declaration of war on al-Qa'ida; the CIA's covert functions inside Afghanistan; the worldwide operational intend to fight terrorists; his warnings of imminent attacks against American interests to White House officials in the summer of 2001; and the program for a coordinated and devastating counterattack against al-Qa'ida laid down just six days following the attacks. Tenet's compelling narrative then turns to the war in Iraq as he provides dramatic insight and background on the run-up to the invasion, including a firsthand account of the fallout from the inclusion of "sixteen words" in the president's 2003 State of the Union address, which claimed that Saddam Hussein had sought to acquire uranium from Africa; the true context of Tenet's own now-famous "slam dunk" comment regarding Saddam's WMD program; and the CIA's critical role within an administration predisposed to take the united states to war. In doing this, he sets the record straight about CIA functions and shows readers that the simple truth is more complex than suggested in other versions of recent history offered so far. Through everything, Tenet paints an unflinching self-portrait of a man caught between your warring forces of the administration's decision-making process, the reams of frightening intelligence pouring in from surrounding the world, and his own conscience. In At the Center of the Storm, George Tenet draws on his unmatched experience within the opaque mirrors of intelligence and provides crucial information previously undisclosed to give a moving, revelatory profile of both a man and a nation in times of crisis.
