The Interrogator An Education edition by Glenn L Carle Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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To his friends and neighbors, Glenn L. 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. But for two decades Carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly everything. “I was almost never who I said I was, or did what I claimed to be doing.” He was a CIA spy. He thrived in an environment of duplicity and ambiguity, flourishing in the gray areas of policy.
The Interrogator is the story of Carle’s most serious assignment, when he was “surged” to become an interrogator in the U.S. Global War on Terror to interrogate a top level detainee at one of the CIA’s notorious black sites overseas. It tells of his encounter with one of the most senior al-Qa’ida detainees the U.S. captured after 9/11, a “ghost detainee” who, the CIA believed, might hold the key to finding Osama bin Ladin.
As Carle’s interrogation sessions progressed though, he began to seriously doubt the operation. Was this man, kidnapped in the Middle East, really the senior al-Qa’ida official the CIA believed he was? Headquarters viewed Carle’s misgivings as naïve troublemaking. Carle found himself isolated, progressively at odds with his institution and his orders. He struggled over how far to push the interrogation, wrestling with whether his actions constituted torture, and with what defined his real duty to his country. Then, in a dramatic twist, headquarters spirited the detainee and Carle to the CIA’s harshest interrogation facility, a place of darkness and fear, which even CIA officers only dared mention in whispers.
A haunting tale of sadness, confusion, and determination, The Interrogator is a shocking and intimate look at the world of espionage. It leads the reader through the underworld of the Global War on Terror, asking us to consider the professional and personal challenges faced by an intelligence officer during a time of war, and the unimaginable ways in which war alters our institutions and American society.
The Interrogator An Education edition by Glenn L Carle Politics Social Sciences eBooks
A few weeks ago I happened to pass by a local independent book store in Washington DC and heard Glenn Carle speak to an audience of about fifty about his book. As I was randomly plowing through various titles on the shelves, I couldn't help but to listen and get entranced by Carle's story. I put on hold my pride of independent wandering and sat through his talk and all of the follow-up questions. What I heard that day from Carle and what I ended up reading in his excellent book really moved me (as an individual, a member of today's society, an American, and even someone who was born in the former Soviet Union). I highly recommend this book to any thoughtful reader who is willing to challenge his or her views, values, and philosophy.Carle's book is a personal account, one view, one perspective - and that is what makes it so influential. Carle is not just anyone speaking his mind, he's an insider, an experienced CIA operative, someone who saw and lived through what he did because the agency chose him for it -- that is the context in which he finds courage to challenge the views of his colleagues, his organization, and to a great extent, of his/our society.
Carle takes us on an emotional ride and confronts us with the discomforts of balancing individuality with being a member of society (what does it mean to be an American? "Whose flag do you serve?"), of being an obedient agent and a patriotic individual with a deep sense of personal integrity. He challenges the notions of patriotism, of what is justifiable, and of personal duty. One may disagree with him, but one cannot but respect Carle for raising the questions.
The choice to leave space-holders for the parts redacted by the CIA, contrary to one reviewer's comments, is not "annoying." It represents the reality and emphasizes the pressure in which Carle found the courage to speak out. This is not a fun fiction novel, but a serious and sobering account of a reality on the very edge of inter-societal conflict, which rarely reaches the ears or minds of mere mortals.
A small note on the editing of the book. I completely agree with Toquam's comments (and could not have expressed it better). The book could use some editing - but only in order to help the reader focus on its spirit and not be jarred by an occasional grammatical awkwardness and impassionate repetition of certain concepts and thoughts. Sometimes, however, I felt that the linguistic and stylistic imperfections juxtaposed with the passages redacted by the CIA made Carle's accounts that much more real and powerful.
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The Interrogator An Education edition by Glenn L Carle Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
I could have really liked this but it was ruined by the large amount of redacted material. Just seemed to reinforce the shameful behavior of the US and the CIA
There is no one more qualified to tell the story of CIA interrogations of accused terrorists than an interrogator. And we learn about the reception in Washington DC that his briefs received. I am a proud American, and therefore I am ashamed when American politicians besmirch our principles.
I ordered the book after watching Glenn interviewed on a (book review) program on local TV. The interview was riveting. During the interview he, quite rightly, declined to divulge details or expand on sensitive areas. I expected the book to be as interesting as the interview and to shed more light on his experiences. Given that rendition, water-boarding and other tactics used in interrogations, are common knowledge these days, the book was a total let down because of the many areas redacted. That made the story disjointed and less interesting for the reader to follow. Every time the story entered an interesting area, the deletions which followed, killed the suspense built up until that point. Although Glenn tried to explain with footnotes, the gist of many of what was redacted, in my opinion, it took away the shine from what could have been a sensational read.
I think was Glenn's objective was to write his memoires. However, the book may now come across to some readers (who did not have the benefit of his interview), as an attempt by him to get his back on the CIA, rather than the narrative of his real-life experiences.
Glenn Carle has written a serious book that affords the general public a glimpse of what the USA's secret government has been doing in the name of its citizens regardless of their ignorance of what was going on . When I read and reviewed Pete Bagley's - SPY WARS Moles, Mysteries and Deadly Games- I then recommended that the book should be followed up by a truth commission to actually sort out the truth regarding Pete's allegations. Today I went back and looked at the page for Pete's book and saw that it can be bought for as little as one cent. 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.I do hope it is taken more seriously than Pete Bagley's book. I know full well the courage it takes to stand up for basic human rights and not walk away from such violations as the Agency has long and evidently still instructing people to do. We are all in Mr. Carle's debt in that he has had the courage and tenacity to see this book published . The CIA's Publication Review Board should be throughly investigated and the findings made public. Their brief is to protect matters of current national security interest , not to try to cover up incompetence or matters that embarass the Agency and its managers. I highly recommend this book in spite of it not being an easy read due to the clumsy censorship.
I've only had a few minor encounters with the CIA, but my experience is well-reflected in this book. Carle's accounts of pushing against the mountain of bureaucracy rang familiar to my ears. The redactments leave a good bit to the imagination, but the fact of the matter is that we as a nation were unprepared for the post-9/11 world. The CIA tagged a veteran and accomplished operative to undertake a novel experience (interrogation), but disregarded his findings and conclusions. What's more, others in and around him muted his message so as not to rock the boat. Unfortunately, the boat desperately needed rocking. CIA arrogance is well-documented. That enables their people to do amazing things, but it also enables this kind of tragic farce to occur as well.
Interestingly written with mature language. The urinal anecdote screamed for elaboration, but we were left "high-and-dry" just like the urinal.
A few weeks ago I happened to pass by a local independent book store in Washington DC and heard Glenn Carle speak to an audience of about fifty about his book. As I was randomly plowing through various titles on the shelves, I couldn't help but to listen and get entranced by Carle's story. I put on hold my pride of independent wandering and sat through his talk and all of the follow-up questions. What I heard that day from Carle and what I ended up reading in his excellent book really moved me (as an individual, a member of today's society, an American, and even someone who was born in the former Soviet Union). I highly recommend this book to any thoughtful reader who is willing to challenge his or her views, values, and philosophy.
Carle's book is a personal account, one view, one perspective - and that is what makes it so influential. Carle is not just anyone speaking his mind, he's an insider, an experienced CIA operative, someone who saw and lived through what he did because the agency chose him for it -- that is the context in which he finds courage to challenge the views of his colleagues, his organization, and to a great extent, of his/our society.
Carle takes us on an emotional ride and confronts us with the discomforts of balancing individuality with being a member of society (what does it mean to be an American? "Whose flag do you serve?"), of being an obedient agent and a patriotic individual with a deep sense of personal integrity. He challenges the notions of patriotism, of what is justifiable, and of personal duty. One may disagree with him, but one cannot but respect Carle for raising the questions.
The choice to leave space-holders for the parts redacted by the CIA, contrary to one reviewer's comments, is not "annoying." It represents the reality and emphasizes the pressure in which Carle found the courage to speak out. This is not a fun fiction novel, but a serious and sobering account of a reality on the very edge of inter-societal conflict, which rarely reaches the ears or minds of mere mortals.
A small note on the editing of the book. I completely agree with Toquam's comments (and could not have expressed it better). The book could use some editing - but only in order to help the reader focus on its spirit and not be jarred by an occasional grammatical awkwardness and impassionate repetition of certain concepts and thoughts. Sometimes, however, I felt that the linguistic and stylistic imperfections juxtaposed with the passages redacted by the CIA made Carle's accounts that much more real and powerful.
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