The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies - Michael V. Hayden Audiobook
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A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the president of the United States himself, in a time when that community’s work has never been harder or more important
In the face of a president who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach all of the United States, Russians have mastered a new form of information warfare that undercuts democracy, and the role of China in the global community remains unclear. There will always be value to experience and expertise, devotion to facts, humility in the face of complexity, and a respect for ideas, but in this moment they seem more important, and more endangered, than they’ve ever been. American intelligence - the ultimate truth teller - has a responsibility in a post-truth world beyond merely warning of external dangers, and in The Assault on Intelligence, General Michael Hayden takes up that urgent work with profound passion, insight, and authority.
It is a sobering vision. The American intelligence community is more at risk than is commonly understood, for every good reason. Civil war or societal collapse is not necessarily imminent or inevitable, but our democracy’s core structures, processes, and attitudes are under great stress. Many of the premises on which we have based our understanding of governance are now challenged, eroded, or simply gone. And we have a president in office who responds to overwhelming evidence from the intelligence community that the Russians are, by all acceptable standards of cyber conflict, in a state of outright war against us, not by leading a strong response, but by shooting the messenger.
There are fundamental changes afoot in the world and in this country. The Assault on Intelligence shows us what they are, reveals how crippled we’ve become in our capacity to address them, and points toward a series of effective responses. Because when we lose our intelligence, literally and figuratively, democracy dies.
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This post has 11 comments with rating of 5/5
May 4th, 2018
Really “General”? An Assault on whose Intelligence? It is the assault by your INTELLIGENCE on the peoples’ intelligence.
May 4th, 2018
An excellent book, but not one recommended for those whose reading and political comprehension levels never progressed beyond middle school class president elections.
May 4th, 2018
Isn’t that just a tiny bit on the staggeringly condescending side? Can’t you merely say - I have a different opinion on this one, rather than taking us back to school? It pains me to say, you may be talking through your mexicanhat.
As ever, thanks for the book wuuk.
May 5th, 2018
C-963: You are probably right. I did violate Mark Twain’s famous dictum:
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
Perhaps having toiled In Hayden’s vineyard for some years, the above’s blanket statement raised old hackles. Upon reflection, though, I’ll leave it as written. Thanks for your comment though. I’ve been accused of much worse.:-)
May 5th, 2018
I’m not in the accusation business, yet I’ve often been accused of it.
Didn’t that selfsame genius also say: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
I’m not saying you’re 14, but on some subjects we’re all 14.
Ann Landers: “Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky”.
It’s to your credit that you can keep it clean.
May 5th, 2018
Oh the hypocrisy of this book. The US has interfered in more elections (most recently Israel’s) as well as disrupted & overthrown more governments than any other country in the world, and yet we whine that supposedly the Russians tried to interfer in our elections. And from this books summary, this only happened in the last election. Yeah, right.
Let’s ignore the fact that the Russians interferred with the 2008 & 2012 elections, yet the Obama administration did nothing to stop it from happening. Perhaps that’s because the interference aided them. But when their pathetic candidate somehow manages to loose an election to one of the most hated and vilified men in the United States, they whine and cry foul.
The only thing that “General” Hayden has correct in this book, is that the US is involved in a cyber war with Russia. We have been since the internet began. The vast majority of cyber theft against America is based out of Russia, the financial impact of which is significantly higher than any possible “election fixing” the Russians may have performed in the last election. And yet, that’s not mentioned in the media.
The biggest assault on intelligence in the United States isn’t from the President, but from our own media and their efforts to brainwash the American people. As for our intelligence communities suffering, yeah right, we can be sure they are violating just as many laws under the Trump administration as they were under all the previous administrations.
And while Trump may or may not listen too them, possible Russian interference in our election process is about the least of this country’s worries.
May 6th, 2018
LOL, There has been years of misleading going on by some media in the US. Check them out with the Poynter Institute or some other international fact checking site. Here’s a clue..if your “news” claims that all fact checkers are biased..go to a different source. If you are relying on Hannity or Jimmy Dore to get facts, you are being played;)
May 6th, 2018
As usual, conspiracy freaks and manufactured news fans abound whenever anyone posts a book that doesn’t worship their hero(es). Put on your maga hats and spew your fantasies and “alternate truths” all you want, you’re easy to identify within reading a few words of your comments.
May 6th, 2018
I’m totally neutral on this one, and definitely not an expert (the book could enlighten me). It seems to me that intelligence agencies, if set to discover information, do not tend to come back empty-handed. When they are commanded to produce “evidence” concerning WMDs, they uncover all the necessary intelligence. Blair received the required “dodgy dossier” relating to the 45 minute claim (Saddam’s capability to launch attacks on the UK). This was what he wanted, and this is what he got. Such agencies deliver what their masters enjoin, to provide both a justification for their own existence and cover for whatever pre-determined policy their commanders wish to pursue.
These institutions are rife with group think, empire-building, mission-creep and heuristic biases. Everyone is at fault and no one is at fault, entropy is unavoidable. Spurious data is generated at great cost to the interests of the people. “Truth” is a very elusive concept, and in the wrong hands, can prove to be a lethal weapon.
May 7th, 2018
Hey Flyinby and Fallout, who is the bigger fool - The individual that is lied to and believes the lies, or the individual that refuses see to the obvious lies?
Trump is a piece of fecal matter (imo) who doesn’t deserve to be President even though he won the election fairly, but sorry, he’s not the root of all evil.
May 7th, 2018
Sorry, hit Submit before I was finished.
Trump is nothing more than a tool who couldn’t keep his pants zipped and his mouth shut. Disgusting and obnoxious, YES!
Who knows, maybe by November the media will have crucified Trump enough for his philandering and claims about collusion that the Dems will win enough seats in the House and Senate to impeach him.
Fallout, have you ever noticed that when the media talks about Trump’s supposed Russian collusion, they never mention an actual charge or crime? That’s because it’s not actually against the law to work with a foreign government to win the election. Repugnant, YES definitely, illegal, no.
What it is though is enough media smoke so that maybe the Dems will win enough seats in the 2018 elections to take back the House and Senate. If they do, they can impeach Trump, and assuming they control the Senate expel him from office.
Fairly short sighted because they would have Pence to deal with, but hey never under estimate the stupidity of either political party.
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