James Bamford is the author of Body of Secrets, The Puzzle Palace, and A Pretext for War, and has written on national security for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. His Rolling Stone article ""The Man Who Sold the War"" wonthe 2006National Magazine Award for reporting. Formerly the Washington investigative producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Bamford lives in Washington, D.C.
A @lt;i@gt;Washington Post@lt;/i@gt; Notable Book@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Important and disturbing. . . . This revealing and provocative book is necessary reading . . . Bamford goes where the 9/11 Commission did not fully go. @lt;br@gt;--Senator Bob Kerrey, @lt;i@gt;The Washington Post Book World@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; Fascinating. . . . Bamford has distilled a troubling chapter in American history. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Bloomberg News@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; At its core and at its best, Bamford's book is a schematic diagram tracing the obsessions and excesses of the Bush administration after 9/11. . . . There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now no one has published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency. . . . Bamford has emerged with everything except the combination to the director's safe. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;The New York Times Book Review@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt; Engaging. . . . Chilling. . . . Bamford is able to link disparate facts and