Summary of Robert Baer's See No Evil

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was summoned to Fred Turco’s office, and he told me that the FBI had been sent to investigate me for trying to assassinate Saddam Hussein. The accusation was false, but it didn’t matter. My career was over.
#2 I was being investigated for a conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, the murder of Saddam Hussein. I had the right to an attorney, but I didn’t want one. I didn’t need one. I knew that in an investigation like this, you never give up anything freely.
#3 I knew Ahmad Chalabi well. I had been in northern Iraq when the meeting took place, and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Chalabi had invented this story from scratch. He must have thought that if he could swindle the Iranians into believing that the NSC and the White House were finally serious about getting rid of Saddam, they would have no choice but to throw their support behind Chalabi and his faction.

Sujets

• Political Science
• Espionage
• Intelligence

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 16 juin 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822535022
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Robert Baer's See No Evil
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was summoned to Fred Turco’s office, and he told me that the FBI had been sent to investigate me for trying to assassinate Saddam Hussein. The accusation was false, but it didn’t matter. My career was over.

#2

I was being investigated for a conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, the murder of Saddam Hussein. I had the right to an attorney, but I didn’t want one. I didn’t need one. I knew that in an investigation like this, you never give up anything freely.

#3

I knew Ahmad Chalabi well. I had been in northern Iraq when the meeting took place, and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Chalabi had invented this story from scratch. He must have thought that if he could swindle the Iranians into believing that the NSC and the White House were finally serious about getting rid of Saddam, they would have no choice but to throw their support behind Chalabi and his faction.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I was nine years old when my mother took me to Europe. I learned about money during our European sojourn. The first place we settled for any length of time was the Swiss ski resort of Klosters.

#2

I had a passion for skiing, and I spent my youth skiing in Aspen, Colorado. I joined the ski team, and learned about taking life to the edge. I remember preparing for a race at Aspen Highlands, on the fastest downhill run in North America. I let my skis run through the Moment of Truth turn, and placed higher than I ever had.

#3

I decided that I would ski-race for a living. I would quietly drop out of school and train all day. Before anyone noticed, I figured, I would be a champion. It worked fine until Aspen High School notified Mother that I had attended exactly six days of school that spring and was getting straight F’s.

#4

I enrolled in military school in the fall, at Culver Military Academy in Indiana. I learned how to make a bed tight enough to bounce a quarter off the sheet, field-strip an M-l rifle, and study. I also started reading books in my spare time.

#5

I went to the CIA office in San Francisco to apply for a job. The woman who answered the phone took down my name and address, and promised to send me a personal history statement and an admission ticket for a written exam.

#6

The CIA is made up of two houses: the Directorate of Intelligence and the Directorate of Operations. The Directorate of Intelligence is made up of analysts who evaluate information and put their conclusions on paper. The Directorate of Operations is made up of case officers who gather information from their sources and pass it to the DI.

#7

The DI was a lot like a university, except that the president needed analysts to explain the truth about the world to him. I was a perfect mark.

#8

The DI can’t use me right now, but the CIA has a different agency for case officers, who run agents. Agents are usually foreigners, and they go places where Americans can’t go.

#9

The DO is a career that is difficult to imagine, but even more difficult to live. The job requires you to live your cover, which can be difficult. The espionage is illegal in every country in the world, and a capital crime in many of them.

#10

I passed the polygraph test, and the DO wanted to interview me. I was feeling good about my trip until I got back to San Francisco and saw the boa constrictor sleeping on the landing outside my apartment door.

#11

I had been job-shopping at the heart of the American establishment, and I had been accepted by the CIA. I was shocked to find out that the agency had checked with the FBI and found out about my trips to Paris and Prague, my motorcycle through the library, and my anarchist landlords.

#12

I took a quick look around my shabby apartment. I thought about how far behind I was in Mandarin. I thought about another night standing at my teller’s window. Then I thought about a ski run I’d made when I was fifteen.
Insights from Chapter 3