Russert's CNBC show has Gary Bernsten ("Jawbreaker') --7 & 11pm ET

[Bozita]

It just started.

The Osama/Tora Bora story.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. nope Jawbreaker...

I think he was on CSPAN a few months ago..

yep

Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo
direct video link - http://www.booktv.org/ram/feature/0106/btv012806_4.ram

Gary Berntsen, former CIA field commander, talks about his effort to catch Osama bin Laden during the recent war in Afghanistan. In "Jawbreaker," the book he co-authored with Ralph Pezullo, he explains that insufficient responses from the administration led to the escape of Osama bin Laden. Mr. Berntsen also details his hunts for the al Qaeda leader, including missions that occurred 15 months before the September 11th terrorist attacks. During the presentation, Mr. Berntsen and Ralph Pezullo urge bi-partisan cooperation in order to defeat global terrorism. This event was hosted by Dutton's Beverly Hills Books in California.

Gary Berntsen was an officer in the Clandestine Service for 20 years and was awarded both the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the Intelligence Star. Ralph Pezzullo is the author of "At the Fall of Somoza" and "Plunging into Haiti."


You can watch this at the link above... I enjoyed it, although I get the impression he is telling us more of what the military wants him to than the real truth. I could be biased, but you're never really "former CIA". :shrug:

[Bozita]

2. Thanks

I concentrated on spelling his name and forgot the book title.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. not to mention the commercials for "jarhead" every 10 min. on tv...

now that it's coming out on DVD. :)

I updated my post with more info about the book...

[baby_bear]

4. Why did the bipartisan cooperation not occur?

Were the Republicans against it because Clinton had been for it?
This really is a serious question, not just rhetorical.

I guess I could read the book!

b_b

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Maybe because dems know repugs are going about it

all wrong? And of course, the repugs won't admit it's not going so well.

as far as GWB and his crony's are concerned, yes. If Clinton thought it was important, then it must not be.

[stopbush]

6. One word: impeachment.

Everything Clinton tried to do to stop bin Laden was labeled "wag the dog" by the Rs.

I didn't watch the whole interview, but I didn't hear Potato Tim or his guest
mentioning that aspect of it.