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 XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2002 20:42:09 ET XXXXX GERTZ RELEASES 'BREAKDOWN' DOCUMENTING DEEP INTELLIGENCE FAILURES WASHINGTON TIMES reporter and bestselling author Bill Gertz has entered in to the fight of his life -- as he exposes, in unprecedented detail, America's intelligence failures. Bureaucrats with politically correct policies have left the United States dangerously exposed, warns Gertz, chapter after chapter after chapter in his book, BREAKDOWN, which streets Monday. MORE The CIA bragged in the summer of 2001 that it has Bin Laden's terrorist group on the run, Gertz reports. [BREAKDOWN rocked on to AMAZON's Bestseller's at Number One over the weekend.] The intelligence failures of September 11 were the result of institutional, systemic and cultural problems within the U.S. intelligence community, made up of more than a dozen agencies, Gertz charges, after obtaining highly classified documents and dispatches from within the CIA, the FBI and other national security agencies. From BREAKDOWN: MORE The CIA demanded to meet with Gertz's publisher, REGNERY. The agency pleaded with the publisher not to reprint the leaked documents -- but the context of those docs have remained in the book, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Meanwhile, one senior Bush administration source challenged Gertz's patriotism for making public such sensitive information during wartime. "Do we really need a book for sale in every store in America that outlines our weaknesses?" asked the administration source, who asked not to be named for this report. "If Mr. Gertz is trying to embarrass the country, I would simply ask, 'What is to gain?' And where is his loyalty?" For his part, Gertz hopes his outline of dramatic intelligence failures [which cross several administrations] serves as a wake up call to citizens who watched helplessly as their nation was attacked by terrorists last year. Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereportArchives.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2002 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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