The Art of Intelligence

In The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service, Henry Crumpton recounts a conversation he had with Cofer Black, the former Director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center, just days after the 9/11 attacks. In the conversation, Black detailed the many advance warnings the CIA had given to President Bush and administration officials that an Al Queda attack in the United States was imminent. Referring to the infamous daily briefing report given to President Bush on August 8, 2001 titled “Bin Laden Determined To Strike in the U.S.,” Crumpton writes: I later studied the document and […]