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Sep 10, 2003 along with recounting the career of a spy who would go on to recruit agents in such places as india, lebanon, sudan, france and tajikstan, see no evil also details, in baers opinion, the cia s decline from an agency that would do whatever was felt necessary to achieve its goal of eliminating security threats to the united states, into a. Dec 06, 2005 former cia officer robert baers book see no evil inspired the new film syriana, about the middle east, the oil industry and espionage. The true story of a ground soldier in the cias war on terrorism paperback january 7, 2003. At the time, it made a big impression, giving readers a rare look inside the secret wars of americas intelligence services like the cia, author bob baers former employer. See no evil the true story of a ground soldier in the cia s war on terrorism this edition was published in 2002 by crown publishers in new york. In the process, robert baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides compelling evidence about how washington politics sabotaged the cias efforts to root out the worlds deadliest terrorists. See no evil the true story of a ground soldier in the cia s war on terrorism book. The true story of a ground soldier in the cia s war against terrorism ebook written by robert baer. Follow the author similar authors to follow see no evil. Approximately the first twothirds of the memoir focus on the various experiences of baers twodecade 19761997 career at the cia. Its the shadow world that resides behind the veil, where it all goes down, for real. See no evil by robert baer penguin books australia. Sleeping with the devil, about the saudi royal family and its relationship with the united states.
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