Courting Disaster
How the CIA Kept America Safe and how Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack
"Marc Thiessen knows, in ways that few others do, just how effective, heroic, and morally justified were the interrogators who kept this nation safe after 9/11. If you want to know what really happened behind the scenes at the CIA interrogation sites or at Guantanamo Bay, you simply must read this book." —Dick Cheney
Courting Disaster reveals—as no other book has—just how close we've come to the next 9/11 and how enhanced interrogation techniques (including waterboarding) have saved us from numerous would-be terrorist attacks.Offering a behind-the-scenes look at the CIA's "black sites," the book also provides substantial evidence to prove the tactics used by the CIA were not only effective, but lawful and morally just.
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An important book 
Senator John Cornyn
Absolutely superb!
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey
One of the most important books of the year. Courting Disaster is a must-must-read.
Michelle Malkin (michellemalkin.com)
A terrific and important book
Debra Burlingame, (sister of AA Flight 77 pilot Charles Burlingame)
[Thiessen is] the most forceful, serious and articulate new spokesman for hardliners around – one who can back up his opinions with facts that can influence the debate.
William Safire
In Courting Disaster, Marc Thiessen sets the record straight.
Donald Rumsfeld
You Must Read Courting Disaster.
Former CIA Director Mike Hayden
If you want to know what really happened … at the CIA interrogation sites or at Guantanamo Bay, you simply must read this book
Dick Cheney
@DavidRivkin David, thought you said you were not doing TV on this?
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Here's my interview on NPR's Talk of the Nation today: http://bit.ly/cRwLpE
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RT @marcthiessen: Going into the lion's den again. Will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation at 2 pm. Tune in! CORRECTION: on at 2:40 pm
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