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A review by viralmysteries
Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World by Philip Mudd
2.0
A short, disappointing read.
I had hoped this book would be mea culpa of sorts, a reckoning of the deep crimes committed by the CIA over the last two decades amidst the gross human rights violation the U.S. calls the "War on Terror". Instead, what we get is a grand apologia, a relentless page-by-page futile attempt to justify the CIA constructing foreign detention centers to torture and detain people indefinitely. The author opens several chapters with an honest reflection of the dark violent history of the CIA, the governments they've illegally overthrown, the politicians they've assassinated, and then proceeds to explain how this time it's different you guys. Terrible book. The only reason I haven't given this 1 star is because of the sections that honestly say what the CIA has done in the past. Otherwise, a complete waste of my time. Not worthwhile at all.
I had hoped this book would be mea culpa of sorts, a reckoning of the deep crimes committed by the CIA over the last two decades amidst the gross human rights violation the U.S. calls the "War on Terror". Instead, what we get is a grand apologia, a relentless page-by-page futile attempt to justify the CIA constructing foreign detention centers to torture and detain people indefinitely. The author opens several chapters with an honest reflection of the dark violent history of the CIA, the governments they've illegally overthrown, the politicians they've assassinated, and then proceeds to explain how this time it's different you guys. Terrible book. The only reason I haven't given this 1 star is because of the sections that honestly say what the CIA has done in the past. Otherwise, a complete waste of my time. Not worthwhile at all.