Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence ebook

by Stansfield Turner

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Turner's book is not about our intelligence failures (as I'd hoped) however; it's a history of Directors of National . 5. Finally, in the Appendix Turner lists the 15 agencies, offices and bureaus which make up the "Intelligence Community

Turner's book is not about our intelligence failures (as I'd hoped) however; it's a history of Directors of National Intelligence and their relationship to their Presidents. It has been, as Steele noted, a rocky relationship - and Turner is not above throwing a little monkey poo himself, calling Reagan's transition team "as unbalanced, opinionated, and unwilling to listen as any group I have ever encountered. Finally, in the Appendix Turner lists the 15 agencies, offices and bureaus which make up the "Intelligence Community. But these are less a "community" than a collection of siloed bureaucracies, each fighting each other over priority and budget - and therein lies the real problem.

Burn Before Reading book. In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter, takes the reader inside the Beltway to examine the complicated, often strained relationships between presidents and their CIA chiefs. From FDR and "Wild Bill" Donovan to George W. Bush and George Tenet, twelve pairings are studied in these pages, and the results are eye-opening and provocative.

How strongly a president backs their secret activities before Congress and the public can determine their long-term viability.

Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence. The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency looks back on the long and complicated relationship between the . presidents and their CIA chiefs, from World War II to the present day, analyzing the decisions that have shaped the intelligence community, how intelligence gathering works, and how politics and personal issues interfere with government business. Read an excerpt of this book. How strongly a president backs their secret activities before Congress and the public can determine their long-term viability.

In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter, takes the reader inside the Beltway to examine the complicated, often strained relationships between presidents and their CIA chiefs.

This is a useful retrospective by Admiral Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence under President Jimmy Carter, but it is most useful if you are a Member of Congress, a sitting or future President, or perhaps being considered as a future DCI. For the general public, and even. For the general public, and even for intelligence professionals, this is an interesting personal recollection and evaluation that reflects a limited appreciation for the broader literature on intelligence reform and is less likely to be exciting to those seeking to understand the minutia of intelligence.

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In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter . A great book describing Presidential relationships with their respective DCIs and the Intelligence Community.

In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter,.

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Turner was appointed to lead the CIA by Jimmy Carter in 1977 and undertook a series of controversial reforms, including downsizing . Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors and Secret Intelligence. New York: Hyperion, 2005) via synopsis at Bookshelf, ci. ov.

Turner was appointed to lead the CIA by Jimmy Carter in 1977 and undertook a series of controversial reforms, including downsizing the Agency's clandestine arm and emphasizing technical intelligence collection over human intelligence. Retrieved 2015-06-07.

Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. And there is no one better than Admiral Stansfield Turner, CIA Director under President Carter, to reveal the politics and personal issues that can interfere with how the President of the United States deals with the Intelligence Community and the CIA Director in particular.

In this "thoughtful, entertaining, and often insightful" book, a former CIA director explores the delicate give-and-take between the Oval Office and Langley.With the disastrous intelligence failures of the last few years still fresh in Americans minds--and to all appearances still continuing--there has never been a more urgent need for a book like this.In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter, takes the reader inside the Beltway to examine the complicated, often strained relationships between presidents and their CIA chiefs. From FDR and "Wild Bill" Donovan to George W. Bush and George Tenet, twelve pairings are studied in these pages, and the results are eye-opening and provocative. Throughout, Turner offers a fascinating look into the machinery of intelligence gathering, revealing how personal and political issues often interfere with government business--and the nation's safety.

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Not nearly as candid as in his first book, "Secrecy and Democracy". Admiral Turner's writing and thinking in this text is of minimal effort and this by a man who has had such a distinguished career. I would expect this kind of work from someone turning their dissertation into book length or a professor aiming for tenure, not a retired NATO commander and former DCI. Not only does he not provide anything new in terms of presidents and their relationships to central intelligence but bothers with little meaningful national security/ political analysis, and what technical analysis that exists is trite. He could of produced a seminal and critical work in the field of national security studies using his security clearance and the national security archives but instead writes something that will be quickly dismissed by both the public and scholars. But of all the issues I have with this book most important are the facts he ignores or is unaware of. An example of this is on pg. 84 when he says that Iran was Ike's and Dulles's first use of covert action. There are numerous errors and omissions in this text.

I would not recommend this book to anyone (not even a newbie to national security studies); instead as a replacement "Getting to Know the President: CIA Briefings of Presidential Candidates 1952-1992" by John L. Helgerson (one of Turner's key sources by happenstance). But I also suggest reading "Keepers of the Keys" by John Prados, which concerns itself with the history of the National Security Council.

Jwalextell

It would be nearly impossible to improve on Robert Steele's excellent review (below) so I won't even try. Instead I'll just mention a few conclusions that this book brought me to.

1. The events of 9/11 starkly illustrated that our Intelligence structure is broken. Infighting, lack of communication, personal rivalries and flawed methods all contributed to the greatest intelligence failure in our nation's history. Rearranging the deck chairs isn't going to fix it.

2. Adm. Turner's book is not about our intelligence failures (as I'd hoped) however; it's a history of Directors of National Intelligence and their relationship to their Presidents. It has been, as Steele noted, a rocky relationship -- and Turner is not above throwing a little monkey poo himself, calling Reagan's transition team "as unbalanced, opinionated, and unwilling to listen as any group I have ever encountered."

3. It is not a foregone conclusion that strengthening the DCI would have prevented 9/11, or any future terrorist act. Undoubtedly it would help, but there's only so much one man (or woman) could do against entrenched parochialism.

4. Nevertheless, both Turner and Steele feel obliged to offer suggestions for DNI strengthening. Steele's idea of making the position independent of the Executive branch has merit, but perhaps puts too much power (and influence over decisionmakers) in the hands of a non-elected official. Turner raises and dismisses both a ten-year fixed term (dismissed for the same reason, essentially) and making it a cabinet position (dismissed as making the position even MORE partisan). Turner's ultimate recommendation, spread throughout the last chapter, is to substantially strengthen the position without changing it, although he does not specify exactly how.

5. Finally, in the Appendix Turner lists the 15 agencies, offices and bureaus which make up the "Intelligence Community." But these are less a "community" than a collection of siloed bureaucracies, each fighting each other over priority and budget -- and therein lies the real problem. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004 was intended to address this situation, and if it was allowed to be implemented in full it would do more to resolve the intelligence gridlock, I suspect, than redefining the role of the DNI.

Umsida

Good history of the CIA from a Admiral Stansfield who headed the agency in the late 70's. Great insight that a normal CIA agent just could not provide. Good insight into presidential struggles of how to properly use the agency and great lead into how it came to be from the OSS which many of the early guys came from. Greta intertwining and informative read.

Gagas

the author should know

Priotian

Good book!