Publisher's Synopsis
John O. Brennan gives a few charming and unexpected insights into the world of national intelligence, his assessments of global leaders, each high-quality and blistering, are eye-establishing and so frank. In this brutally honest memoir, Brennan, the son of an Irish immigrant who settled in New Jersey, describes the life that took him from being a young C.I.A recruit enamored with the mystique of an undercover agent work. His blow by blow account of the planning and takedown of Bin Laden weighted down is riveting and compelling. Before even meeting Trump, Brennan was wary of the president-elect's "renown for enjoying fast, loose, and without principles." due to Trump's "strange obsequiousness" toward Russian President Putin and his "disdain" for U.S. intelligence, Brennan writes, "I had serious doubts that Donald Trump would protect our nation's most significant secrets. However, Brennan was recently rooting for the President who returned to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday night, stating that the American people deserves to have two healthy candidates in the elections in November .President Trump had been at the hospital since Friday night, after revealing his positive coronavirus test early that morning. Brennan brings readers behind the scenes of some of the most vital moments in recent U.S. records, his assessment of what happened in the 2016 election should be a wakeup call to anyone concerned about the forthcoming election.
