The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House

Bakos, Nada/ Coburn, Davin (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 0316260460 / ISBN 13: 9780316260466

Published by Back Bay Books, 2020

About this Item

354 pages. 8.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-0316260460

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316260460
• ISBN 13: 9780316260466
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.38 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

A CIA analyst's of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets inside Al-Qaida.

"Revealing and utterly engrossing account." —Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of Isis​

In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, D.C., to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work, Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as a Targeting Officer, eventually finding herself on the frontline of America's war against Islamic extremists.

In this role, Nada was charged with determining if Iraq had a relationship with 9/11 and Al-Qaida, and finding the mastermind behind this terrorist activity: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Her team's analysis stood the test of time, but it was not satisfactory for some members of the Administration.

In a tight, tension-packed narrative that takes the reader from Langley deep into Iraq, Bakos reveals the inner workings of the Agency and the largely hidden world of intelligence gathering post 9/11. Entrenched in the world of the CIA, Bakos, along with her colleagues, focused on leading U.S. Special Operations Forces to the doorstep of one of the world's most wanted terrorists.

Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, The Targeter shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of determined, ambitious men and women worked tirelessly in the heart of the CIA to ensure our nation's safety at home and abroad.

About the Author

Nada Bakos is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst on the team charged with analyzing the relationship between Iraq, al Qaida, and 9/11, and was the Chief Targeting officer following Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Bakos writes, speaks and appears on broadcast media to discuss national security and foreign policy.