Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command": anyone else read it?

[Hobarticus]

I burned through it in about four days, just before the election.

Made the continued occupation of the White House by those criminals even harder to take.

[RoundRockD]

1. I have it but haven't read it yet. I did get to see him at theTexas Book

Festival though.

[Mira]

3. Read it through twice in a row - aghast at the incompetent rogues

Eye opening book even to us, makes me crazy to think that with all this info out there people still chose not to know what is best for them.

[Hobarticus]

4. Really disturbing to see competant career public service professionals....

like the CIA and the FBI marginalized for the administration's agenda, then hung out to dry when it blows up in their faces.

Kinda explains why DC went 90% Kerry, huh?

[Zuni]

5. yeah. I have heard there is a lot of dissent in every branch

of the government because of the dictatorial management, even the military
These people on the scene know shrubby is wrong, but are strongarmed into silence.

[mhr]

2. Yes, And Unlike F9/11, I Learned Many New Things And Came Away

With a much better appreciation for how evil the * administration truly is.

[Longhorn]

6. My husband is reading it now.

(I'm next.) He gets very angry while he's reading it but he says Hersh is a fantastic writer and he wants me to subscribe to the New Yorker. I'm so behind on my reading right now but I will probably put it on the top of my list.

[kohodog]

8. The New Yorker is the only magazine i subscribe to.

And while expensive it's great. There was an article in the spring of 2001 (I forget the author) that convinced me we were going into Iraq. I started telling people and they thought I was nuts. Sy Hersh is one of many great contributers.

[HardWorkingDem]

9. Go through a magazine warehouse for subscription...

I love the New Yorker. If it is expensive for you to get, try going through a magazine subscription warehouse. I go through Magazineline.com and get it for about thirty dollars a year.

http://www.magazineline.com/Magazineline/Search.ASP?WCI=SearchSubmit

It has had some of the best journalism in the last few years; also, The Atlantic has had some wonderful journlism the last couple of years.

[Pierre Trudeau]

7. essential reading

I just read it last week. It really helps to put the pieces together, and I appreciate his no-shit-sherlock style.

For a good companion book, this week I'm reading "House of Bush, House of Saud" by Craig Unger. This one gives you the big picture, tracing the connections between the Saudi royal family, the Bush clan, James Baker, Houston oiligarchs, BCCI, arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, the Bin Laden Group, Carlyle Group, Iran-Contra, etc. etc. etc.

A reminder that what's going on originates LONG before Sept. 11, 2001.