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| Setting the Record Straight |
From the man who led America's
counterterrorist operations after 9/11,
first time, the CIA officer who led the
epic struggle against al-Qa'ida tells how
the Agency battled to prevent a second
wave of attacks. Learn the true story
behind why the CIA's controversial
interrogation techniques were
developed, when they were used, and
how they saved countless lives around
the world.
Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., a Puerto
Rican-born CIA officer with a wealth of
experience in covert operations in Latin
America suddenly found himself in a
very different kind of fight following al
Qa'ida's attacks on New York and
Washington.
In Hard Measures he discloses never-before-revealed details on CIA
operations which were approved by the highest levels of the U.S. government,
certified as legal by the Department of Justice and fully supported by
bipartisan leadership of Congressional oversight committees.
Rodriguez describes how the CIA, working closely with overseas allies, worked
feverishly to prevent devastating follow-on attacks in the months after 9/11. He
explodes a number of widely-held myths about CIA tactics and provides
examples of how the intelligence gathered from senior detainees saved
countless lives and helped lead to locating and killing Usama bin Ladin.
Taking readers inside the cells where top al-Qa'ida operatives such as Abu
Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad were held, Rodriguez provides many
previously undisclosed insights about the men behind the world's deadliest
terrorist attacks.
Hard Measures is also the story of how, as memories of the September 11th
horrors faded, so too did the resolve of many American leaders. Beset by leaks
and misinformation, the men and women of the U.S. intelligence community
soon found themselves the targets of second-guessing by some of the
leaders they were pledged to serve and bereft of important tools necessary to
deal with the still-looming terrorist threat.
operations which were approved by the highest levels of the U.S. government,
certified as legal by the Department of Justice and fully supported by
bipartisan leadership of Congressional oversight committees.
Rodriguez describes how the CIA, working closely with overseas allies, worked
feverishly to prevent devastating follow-on attacks in the months after 9/11. He
explodes a number of widely-held myths about CIA tactics and provides
examples of how the intelligence gathered from senior detainees saved
countless lives and helped lead to locating and killing Usama bin Ladin.
Taking readers inside the cells where top al-Qa'ida operatives such as Abu
Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad were held, Rodriguez provides many
previously undisclosed insights about the men behind the world's deadliest
terrorist attacks.
Hard Measures is also the story of how, as memories of the September 11th
horrors faded, so too did the resolve of many American leaders. Beset by leaks
and misinformation, the men and women of the U.S. intelligence community
soon found themselves the targets of second-guessing by some of the
leaders they were pledged to serve and bereft of important tools necessary to
deal with the still-looming terrorist threat.
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