Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. David ignatius, new york times bestselling author and columnist for the washington post. Jul 03, 2011 the situation had become kafkaesque, writes glenn carle toward the end of the interrogator. Carle discusses the interrogation of captus, an al qaeda associate who was put through extraordinary rendition after officials decided he simply wasnt talking enough. Jun 28, 2011 to his friends and neighbors, glenn l. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical new england yankee, a former athlete struggl. Glenn carle the interrogator politics and prose bookstore. An education library edition glenn carle, malcolm hillgartner on. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical new england yankee, a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age, someone always with his nose in an abstruse book. He was asked to interrogate a man who was rendered because he was a member of al qaeda. Iscriviti a prime ciao, accedi account e liste accedi account e liste ordini iscriviti a prime carrello. Jul 21, 2011 buy interrogator by carle, glenn isbn. A cia interrogator gives inside look at the war on terror and. Understand this, from someone who had some involvement in our enhanced interrogation program and who worked on terrorism issues for years see my book, the interrogator, which relates my involvement in the interrogation of a senior member of alqaeda.
An education, which describes his involvement in the interrogation of a man at the time believed to be one of the top members of alqaida. Despite voicing doubts about the operation, he was sent with a highlevel detainee into even deeper secrecy. But for two decades, carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly everything. He had years of training and experience leading up to his encounter with the captive who the cia believed might hold the. Jul 05, 2011 scott horton interviews former cia interrogator glenn carle, who has become a high profile critic of the bush administrations torturous interrogation program. But for two decades carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The interrogator by glenn carle, 9781568587301, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Glenn carle speaker, writer and foreign policy and national. Carles book is a firsthand account of his interrogation of a highvalue terrorism detainee in. In the process, he discloses a great deal about the renditions process and the agencys reticence to acknowledge or act on its own mistakes.
The interrogator tells the story of one of the most secret and sensitive cia. I do hope it is taken more seriously than pete bagleys book. This book of glenn carle, was a very emotional one for me to read as i also had long service with the agency and was called upon often to be an interrogator. Hes a former cia case officer and author of the book, the interrogator. You have said that some people might think that you are guilty of torture. But you insist that you never engaged in any sort of physical practices like waterboarding or walling. Oct 02, 2012 buy the paperback book the interrogator. Hello select your address amazon pay todays deals best sellers todays deals best sellers. Oct 28, 2015 buy the hardcover book the interrogator.
A longtime cia agent, he was deployed to a black site overseas to question suspected al qaeda operatives. Glenn carle is an american writer and former intelligence officer. It is also the story of a patriot glenn carle and his struggle to do the right thing. Carle s journey is a tale of international intrigue. Glenn carle talks about his experiences as an interrogator at a cia black site in 2002 and the methods he and others used to extract information from suspected terrorists. Carle, who retired in 2007 after 23 years as a member of the cias clandestine service, recounts his toughest assignment. Here are the confessions of a senior cia operative who ran the interrogation of one of the highest profile alqaeda captures in the last decade. And, of course, to some of his excolleagues he is regarded as a traitor for revealing the truth.
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Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical new england yankee, a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age. Glenn carle s book the interrogator is a disturbing tale of the extremes to which the bush administration was prepared to go in its global war on terror. Faceless bureaucrats sacrificed the core values that made the united states a great country, while ignoring the counsel of experts on the ground. I was almost never who i said i was, or did what i claimed to be doing. Glenn carle speaker, writer and foreign policy and. Carle and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Use the form below to send him a note, book him for a speech or public event outside of his regular book tour or if you have a press and publicity inquiry.
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