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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
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This is a hard one to rate. I thoroughly enjoyed this read but i find it hard to recommend it to anyone who is not interested in this specific field. Not because it was a bad book but because its not written as a book at all. This is absolutely a very intricate case file. There are parts that will be repetitive and if your interest isn't there it will drone on. It lists all 119 known attackers, with their backgrounds, affiliations, and current status. This book unravels so much through its details though. It breaks down all of the individual militias and terror groups through the region and as you read through the 119 profiles you see how the web all connects to a much larger picture. How 17 Feb was (unknown to the CIA at the time led by Al-Qaeda. How different groups were tied together whether laterally or under umbrella organizations. How (not to get into todays politics) Hamas is even tied to the attacks through supplying fighters to the US Consulate attack via their ties to Al Qaeda. How the CIA Chief of Base ignored any intelligence or signs that contradicted his agenda even going as far as falsifying information, failing to report the attack to the CIA office in Tripoli, and lying to his GRS security team about the situation during the attack while refusing to let them respond. It brings to light numerous cases of falsified documents and reports regarding the events from that night by multiple agencies including both the CIA and FBI. And it highlights how in the years following thousands of lives were put in danger as threats and violence went unreported to avoid their stations being shut down out of fear of another Benghazi attack situation. This one was well organized but a massive amount of information to take in and process.