June 09, 2005
Iran, Rep. Weldon and secret sources
Here is my review of a book by Congressman Curt Weldon, the maverick vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The book will out in a week or so. While I don't endorse everything in Weldon's book, I think you will find the review and the book interesting.
Posted by Richard Miniter at 04:25 PM
June 04, 2005
Irony in Israel
My friend Dore Gold, Israel's former United Nations ambassador and author of books on Saudia Arabia and the United Nations, has angered terrorists, Islamists, and the PLO. So when I heard he came to grief on the streets of Jerusalem this past week, I feared the worst. But God has a sense of humor. Gold was not hurt by a car bomb, but a large dog that knocked him down as he was walking his own dog. He is on the mend and we should be grateful that he is still with us. If you haven't read him, here's your invitation. You won't be disappointed.
Posted by Richard Miniter at 02:50 PM
May 25, 2005
In the Mail
My friend, in the Washington sense of the word, Joel Rosenberg, has sent along an advance copy of his latest thriller, The Ezekiel Option. I have not read it yet, but I know that Joel's bestseller The Last Jihad was a real page-turner. It appears in book stores in July 2005.
Also in the mail, Gary C. Schroen's First In: An Insider's account of how the CIA spearheaded the war on terror in Afghanistan. Schroen ran Operation Jawbreaker, which hunted bin Laden in the days after 9-11. The pictures alone should answer the question, "why haven't we caught bin Laden yet." I actually looking forward to reading Schroen's book, which one CIA source tells me in "the most detailed description of a field operation written by a participant
that" he has ever seen. While the source doesn't like Schroen, he says there are a lot of "eye-popping details" that insiders are surprised to see. I'll read it and tell you what I think. Sometimes these intel guys get worked up over things that seem very small, yet other times...
Posted by Richard Miniter at 08:31 AM