Comments on: Imperial Hubris Author ‘Anonymous’ No More

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

given the recent dust-up over the Valerie Plame mess, is it any wonder people are being more careful about the "anonymous" moniker with regards to intelligence folks?

By: Jim Henley

Jim Henley — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'm not surprised that even a station chief would write well and know a lot. The operations staff have tended toward pretty high-powered educations and literary backgrounds since the inception of the Agency.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Jim: True enough. Case officers write reports all the time. It's not that he can write or know things that had me thinking he's an analyst but rather the style--incredibly heavy footnoting and so forth. The first book was rather polemnical but no more so than is normal for area studies types.

By: On The Third Hand

On The Third Hand — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Fascinating. Imperial Hubris Author 'Anonymous' No MoreRead this one. The guy who wrote this book actually is still 'anonymous' but it seems that he doesn't want to be. 'Velly intellesting', indeed.

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Interesting Bits
Actual news is going to be pretty scarce for the next few days...Tractor Man is out of jail (DC motorists will remember this clown). Anonymous, the former CIA operative and author of the forthcoming Imperial Hubris has been identified. Marlon...

By: In Search of Utopia

In Search of Utopia — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Anonomous No More...
Looks like the author of Imperial Hubris, the book about the CIA and the War on terrorism has been revealed.

Information Here, Here and Here.

Now isn't all this cloak and dagger stuff fun.

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