Mission Not Accomplished: How George Bush Lost the War on Terrorism - Softcover

Turner, William W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883955343 ISBN 13: 9781883955342

Publisher: Penmarin Books Inc, 2004

Synopsis

After 9/11, President Bush reassured Americans and the world that he would lead the fight against terror aggressively and unremittingly until Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida were crushed. Since then his actions have fallen short, and he has apparently lost sight of the mission.

In his new book, former FBI counterintelligence specialist and CNN analyst William Turner portrays the White House as an administration of broken promises, insufficient planning, failed diplomacy, misplaced priorities and suspect motives, and hammers Bush for selling the invasion of Iraq as part of the War on Terror, when in fact Iraq had no WMD and posed no threat.

The president’s banner declaration, "Mission Accomplished," on June 1, 2003, proved all the more ironic given the continuing terrorist attacks since then and the guerrilla struggle festering in Iraq. In addition, the bravado masked profiteering by Halliburton, the Carlyle Group, and other war contractors, gross counterintelligence failures, a dangerous crackdown on civil liberties, and homeland security that doesn’t meet threats we face.

About this title

About the Author

William Turner was a special agent with the FBI from 1951 to 1961, during which time he served as a counterintelligence specialist against the KGB and GRU. He later became a National Wiretap Commission investigator in 1975.

When he left the Bureau in 1961, he turned to investigative journalism. His work has appeared in The Nation, Playboy, New West, The Progressive, Penthouse and Scanlon’s Monthly, among other publications, and he was a senior editor of Ramparts magazine. He is the author of nine books including the classic Hoover’s FBI; and his memoirs, Rearview Mirror: Looking Back at the FBI, the CIA and Other Tails.

Considered a top expert on the FBI, the CIA, assassinations and the paramilitary right, Turner has appeared on many TV shows and lectured widely on these subjects. After the 9/11 attacks, he consulted as a counterintelligence analyst for CNN and CNN International.

Review

I would urge every member of Congress to heed the warnings in this book, before it is too late. -- Michael Levine, author of New York Times bestseller Deep Cover and host of The Expert Witness Radio Show

Turner has created another mind-shattering blockbuster. -- M. Wesley Swearingen, author of FBI Secrets: An Agent's Exposé

Turner has done it again—turned the laser beam of investigative genius on George Bush’s failed "War Against Terrorism." -- Donald Freed, Jonathan Reynolds Chair of Denison University

Edition details

• Publisher: Penmarin Books Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1883955343
• ISBN 13: 9781883955342
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204