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Summary: The best timeline about terrorism
Review: This is truly the best book which breaksdown how the terrorist were able to operate in this country and world and never were stopped and yet the signs were all there. It shows how the intellegence community never looked into the backgrounds on links to terror organizations from the middle east. The FBI was a major disavantage and the people at the top did nothing to stop it. The also has a great timeline in how the terror network was built and was able to execute it plan. By far the best book on the whole saga of 9/11 and how it all came together. My favorite chapter is the one that highlights Ronnie Bucca. He was the only one who saw this coming and no one paid attention to him until it was too late. He is a true hero in this book. I hope peter writes a novel about him. Great read hope it becomes a movie.
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Summary: Gets the FBI culture exactly right
Review: As a former FBI employee, I can say that Lance's book nails the FBI culture cold. The actions of the paper-shuffling FBI middle managers in this book, and how they viewed asserting their fearful mispriorities away from serving the public good and towards maintaining their promotional viability is exactly correct. Heaven forbid any of the FBI middle managers Lance cites should've been wrong in over-aggressively pursuing al Qaeda members in America... why, the FBI might have delayed their next promotion! The default at the FBI was that its managers were rewarded for caution, and punished for errors of over-aggression. Lance's book is the best of the current lot of 9/11 books (The Man Who Warned America comes close, Gerald Posner's book a little less so) in depicting the defective FBI culture that ultimately could have gone so far in preventing al Qaeda from establishing its roots in America.
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Summary: re vendettas and comments about them
Review: I have been following the various readers' comments and have found some poingnant, some emotional and some curious. The comments of the reviewer who recently wrote " Sarcasm, Supposition, and 20/20 Hindsight" are interesting. It seems written by someone with direct knowledge about facts concerning the JTTF. That's great! We desperately need to hear from people with knowledge of the JTTF's role in this part of our oh so tragic history. Unfortunately, what we read are anti-Lance comments and not as Joe Friday used to say " just the facts ".
Rather than being negative about Lance's motives, please state the facts. Lance has outlined a detailed chronology of events re the JTTF's role in this tragedy. If this reviewer has specific knowledge to contradict Lance's information I wish he, she or even better the FBI would tell us. There is no issue of "national security" at stake. The whole world knows the Towers are down. I want to know what happened. If Lance is full of shit, tell me why and not that the stuff is "tabloid journalism". I want to know the truth. This isn't fiction. Thousands are dead. Just the facts please. A little dialog would be great. Thank you.
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Summary: Brilliant and Brave
Review: At a time when one's patriotism is so easily questioned by a mere hint of criticism about, among other things, the government's refusal to accept any responsibilty for the events of 9/11, Peter Lance's book is an extraordinary achievement. In a fluid, compelling read, Lance gives a clear, cohesive behind-the-scenes account of the FBI's failure to, in essence, seize the day. Truly informative and must-read for all of us who care about today and tomorrow, this book should really serve as a major wake-up call for the entire intelligence community.
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Summary: Sarcasm, Supposition, and 20/20 Hindsight
Review: If you want to read the real story behind the 9/11 tragedy, read "The Cell" by John Miller and "The Man Who Knew" by Murray Weiss. This book is a single-minded vendetta to trash the FBI and specifically certain JTTF members who clashed with Lance's "heroes" Buca and Floyd. Rather than researching and writing a well-thoughout out analysis of the events leading to 9/11 and the complex problems that prevented the US intelligence agencies from tracking the elements of Al-Qaeda, Lance uses this book as a vehicle for a simplistic and sarcastic attack on the street agents of the NY JTTF. Don't be fooled by claims that his conspiracy thoery is supported by JTTF insiders. Lance grossly misrepresented himself and his intentions during interviews of these agents, took great liberties in editing and characterizing their answers to suit his foregone conclusions. While the FBI certainly had its failings leading up to 9/11, especially within the central bureaucracy, Lance's Monday-morning quarterback approach is obverly simplistic. Other analyses have shown that the street agents he personally blames for the 9/11 events were the agents who were on the forefront of the war on terror, but were overworked and undersupported by FBIHQ, the intelligence community as a whole, and the Clinton administration, and, despite these failings managed to prevent several attacks that would have rivaled the scale of 9/11. No one worked harder to prevent these acts or felt a greater sense of loss on 9/11. Lance's disregard for the facts is perhaps most blatant in his assertion that the FBI didn't even bother to investigate Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before 9/11 - an assertion proven grossly wrong in the wake of his capture. In short, tabloid journalism.
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Summary: "Finally the Facts!"
Review: Finally an author that isn't afraid to publish the facts as they relate to the World Trade Center bombings. The information contained in "1000 Years for Revenge" can be verified in the Congressional Inquiry into the World Trade Center bombings. Federal intelligence agencies may be upset with the contents of this book ONLY if they refuse to learn from past mistakes. I know because I work with a Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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Summary: Reads Like a Best Selling Novel
Review: How could it be that the United States of America, a world super-power, had missed the terrorist trail to 9/11? In "1,000 Years for Revenge" Peter Lance uncovers facts, connects events, and discloses a pattern of FBI behavior that together paves a glaring path to the tragedy of 9/11. His passionate presentation of material is captivating and frightening. But it is Lance's gift as a compelling storyteller that makes this book read like a best selling novel. Two real American heroes are the intimate human thread around which the story unfolds and gives this book heart. Further a glossy paged timeline in the middle of the book, provides a brilliant method of distinguishing all the players by identifying each with their picture, each time their name appears. For those readers not familiar with Middle Eastern names, like me, it is an easy way to grasp the continuity of the persons over time. We should all know this story and Peter Lance tells it well.
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Summary: A Must Read for All Americans!!
Review: Peter Lance has written facts relating to the terrorist attacks that rocked America in an easy to follow style. He points out difficencies in our intelligence network that must be addressed. Correcting problem areas can be a constructive process. I know because I work in that system as a Joint Terrorism Task Force member.
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Summary: terrible, lacks credibility
Review: Take every false rumor, misinformation, slant and outright lie you can find from conspiracy theorists and disgruntled former employees, wrap them together with a sensationalist style and you can apparently sell some books. If you would like to read a book that bears some semblence of the truth about 9/11, try The Cell by John Miller and Michael Stone.
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Summary: Lance¿s ¿Revenge¿ Provides Some New Insights
Review: Investigative Reporter Peter Lance provides an interesting analysis of the terrorist conspiracies that led up to 9/11. There is a real interesting analysis of the role that Ramzi Yousef played in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Lance shows how the ineptitude of the New York FBI let several key informants, and witnesses slip through their hands. "1000 Years For Revenge" really does a nice job exposing the failures of the New York FBI. The book also goes through some of the problems within the FBI leading up to 9/11. There is also a rather interesting chapter on the Oklahoma bombing that connects some of the dots between Terry Nichols, and Ramzi Yousef. Lance does a fairly credible research job, and his journalism experience is obvious. Unlike some of the new neocon books about 9/11 the conspiracy does not necessarily lead back to the Clinton Administration. "Revenge" shows a pattern of failure at the FBI in both the Clinton, and Bush Administrations that led up to 9/11. "Revenge" is a good read for 9/11 buffs.
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