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Summary: When's the movie coming out?
Review: Simply stated, this is 1 of the best books written on the subject - and I've read almost all of them. This book is researched meticulously for its source material and all of the other books I have read are part of the bibliography of this book. The book is also great not only because of its thoroughness
and detailed treatment of the incompetence of the FBI, but the
high-glossy timeline pages which are inserted neatly into the center of the book. It is a sort of cliff-notes that one could peruse very quickly if they did not want to take the time to read the entire text. But this would be a mistake not to for anyone interested in the holocaust of 9/11. Once one reads the 1st chapter, it is extremely difficult to put down. In short this book explains how the FBI could not see the forest for the trees for many different reasons, including bureacracy, treating
acts of war as criminal cases instead of what they were, careerism in the FBI and last but not least - except for most notably FBI agent John ONeill - the inability to "connect the dots". Peter Lance deserves nothing but praise for this well-researched work
and I think this book should be made into a movie as soon as practically possible.
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Summary: Tabloid Journalism At It's Worst!
Review: With so many serious and important works on the subject available, don't waste your time on this cheesy piece of so-called journalism. It's seems as if the author decided on his conclusions before writing word one. "The Untold Story"? No, the "half-truth story". Readers interested in this subject would be better served by "Why America Slept" by Gerald Posner, a superior book in every way!
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Summary: Book exposes FBI "atmosphere of fear" endangering USA
Review: Peter Lance's superb and authoritative expose, 1000 Years For Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI - The Untold Story, shows meticulous assembly of thousands of details.The book is a key to help unlock the morass of information and disinformation from others, on this complex topic. As an experienced crime prevention officer and personnel manager, I understand how the civil service is manipulated by middle management. Street workers are doing their job, but being obstructed by middle managers, creating an "atmosphere of fear" (p 172). Lance does a superb job of documenting this in the FBI. The FBI "atmosphere of fear" is just the tip of the iceberg; such fear exists throughout the civil service. Civil servants see no remedy, as the so-called adjudicatory agencies aid and abet reprisals, by almost always ruling against the employee. The "atmosphere of fear" management and adjudicators cause, obstructs employee ability to do the job, thus endangers the public. I look forward to more from author Peter Lance documenting this widespread pervasive chilling "atmosphere of fear." With my experience, I recommend the book highly, would give it "six stars."
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Summary: Right on the mark
Review: Lance has written a central book concerning the failure of the FBI to connect the dots, largely because of the bureaucracy, arrogance and ignorance concerning Islamic suicide terrorism. In addition he offers an excellent guideline of the events and players involved. Islamic suicide terrorism is easy to understand in terms of its psychology. It is conjoint group-assisted suicide coupled with mass murder. It is nothing more than a variant of domestic violence where we routinely encounter murder and suicide even though it is a tactical tool for political ends. However, just like the fear-driven denial of FBI officers, there is pervasive denial on the part of the public. Lance's book helps to disclose how naive government workers can be and how only a few see very clearly what really is going on. His story telling also enlightens the understanding in a way that educates the reader, thereby debunking the terror which terrorists seek to instill in us. This book should be required reading for every employee in the FBI and every other agency concerned with national security. For the lay reader, there are few books which hold a candle to 1000 Years of Revenge.
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Summary: Enlightening and frightening
Review: I just finished reading "1000 Years for Revenge" - a simultaneously enlightening and frightening compilation of events and facts leading to 9/11. I truly commend Peter Lance on doing the work necessary to bringing out these important stories and intertwining them in such a compelling and readable manner. I cannot imagine any reader coming away from this book not being perfectly stupefied, not only by the arrogance and negligence of our "guardians" (the FBI in particular) - so powerfully spotlighted by the author's research - but also by the ease with which those who would undertake vengeful acts can operate, in plain sight. An intelligence environment so lax, so insulated, with its upper-management echelons so smug and vindictive, indeed cries out for speedy, radical reform. Unfortunately, I do not see that happening. Even today, the snail-paced inquiries and commissions, stymied and stifled by our purported representatives in Congress, not to mention an ever-more secretive executive branch, report only half truths, if that. America's investigative journalists, reporters and academics, as well as all of the smart people on the street - the heroes whose tales Peter Lance recounts so poignantly - appear to be way ahead of the game. I found particularly helpful the inclusion of the author's "timeline" with its photos, dates, and succinct summaries of the key events that form the backbone of the narrative. Being able to put a face to the names of all of the "players" helped me to anchor the identities of the many individuals involved in these complex events. Also, the extensive notes provide an important overview of works for follow-up reading. I congratulate the author on publishing such an important investigative work. In the end, an inquisitive, demanding and vigilant democratic populace will prevail; his work greatly contributes to the debates that need to take place so that this country can truly live up to its ideals.
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Summary: If you're going to read a book about 9/11, read this one.
Review: Compelling and authoritative, Peter Lance's masterful expose, 1000 Years For Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI - The Untold Story, packs a sophisticated investigative punch. As an experienced litigator I understand how a persuasive case can be built from a wall of irrefutable facts. And it is precisely that meticulous assembly of literally thousands of well-documented details which Peter Lance so masterfully accomplishes in his book. As a key to help unlock the confusing mass of conflicting information on this complex topic, look no further. One caveat though: don't start on that first page until you've cleared your calendar for a few days. Yes, it's that good.
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Summary: masterfully written suspense, facts and heroes
Review: Though I have trouble with my eyes, this book drew me on, like The Day of The Jackal. It gives us a factual prologue to recent, horrible events. Although the outcome is known, the development of the terrorists' ingenious plot and the travails of two heroes, Nancy Floyd and Ron Bucca, struggling with departmental rivaly and outright incompetence, was a revelation. A few of the Amazon reader reviews seem to refer to some other book, not this remarkable one by Peter Lance. Thanks to him for clarifying, connecting the dots, and leaving one with a sense of hope, that the dogged goodness and competence of the "street" people might see us through.
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Summary: Simply Awful
Review: A subject as important as al-Qa'ida's war against the US and the West warrants the most serious, thought-provoking and insightful of studies--whether it is a frank discussion of what went wrong in our law enforcement and intelligence communities, or if the book looks at the designs and abilities of the terrorist undeground armies. This book displays neither insight, or a serious thought-provoking treatment of the subject. Instead, what we have here is tabloid-journalism at its worst, packaged into what amounts to a poorly written waste of time.
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Summary: Liberal slant, questionable credibility
Review: Lance's anti Bush administration slant is obvious throughout the book, and clearly taints his supposed "award-winning" objective journalism. Having known a former associate of Mr. Lance's, who was directly cheated and denied payment for services rendered in support of one of Lance's previous books, I can only say that his credibility is questionable at best.
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Summary: Not Good
Review: I was expecting more from this book. Unfortunately, I think it was clearly written as a commercial venture rather than as a decent piece of investigative journalism. I didn't even finish it, as the "trolling for conspiracy" approach was too much for me. It's too bad, but it's books like this that give journalism a bad name. If you're looking for a serious analysis of the events leading to the terror attacks, this book isn't it.
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