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Summary: the truth obscured
Review: There are some of us out there who qualify as true conservatives but are nonetheless capable of spotting deception and lies. The major reason for the failure to prevent 9/11 was Attorney General Ashcroft's decision to cut anti-terrorism spending and invest it in political campaigning. In addition there were the secret negotiations with the Taliban to obtain oil that led to an executive order ending all serious attempts to counter terrorism for a period of six months. The men and women on the front line did their best and were punished for serving their country. If you are not aware of this horrible truth, this book will not lead you to it. Perhaps one day we can have a true conservative government. This is certainly not it.
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Summary: Yet another Anti Muslim!!
Review: I bought this book and now i realize that was a mistake, actually this book is no more then watching Pro- American based news channel (like CNN). This book is full of anti-muslim and anti-islam concepts and after reading first six chapters, i realize that this is another mind washing book from Jewish colony!! gives you a feeling that you are watching another Holywood movie!
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Summary: Posner Exposes Things That Should Upset Every American
Review: If by the end of "Why America Slept" you aren't red with rage perhaps you should go back and watch video from 9/11 all over again. Unlike any other book so far on the subject, Gerald Posner exposes how the entire tragedy could have been prevented time and time again. From bungled law enforcement resources, to unheard cries from FBI agents, to duplicitous "allies". This book should be required reading for anyone who is serious about preventing another 9/11. I can't recommend this enough.
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Summary: Solid book
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. True to its claims, the book presents an infuriating look at the power struggle between the CIA and FBI that consistently led to perpetrators of terror to slip beneath our collective radar. The book also goes into great detail about the failure of several administrations to realize the threat of terrorism against the U.S., even after compelling evidence was presented. People still enamored with the Clinton administration will find this book to be a hard medicine to swallow, but Posner's style is not vindictive, only telling truthfully how the policy of polling and public opinion ruled Clinton's strategy against terrorism. If you're looking for a book telling how O.J. and JonBenet Ramsey kept us from looking closely at terrorism, try another book. Posner's book thankfully keeps this kind of rhetoric to under a page, while focusing on the real (and continuing!) issue of american apathy to violence directed at us by the militant muslim population. Well written, with many personal interviews. I was a bit distracted by the numerous footnotes (often crowding onto another page) and chapter notes, and found my head hurting trying to jump back and forth while remembering the flood of names, places and dates that are presented in this book.
Highly recommended for students writing reports on the 9/11 tragedy - bibliography is well done and comprehensive.
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Summary: Thank you Mr. Posner
Review: This book is a phenominal read! I read it in 4 hours and plan to re-read it again. Before the book was published, my instincts told me what Mr. Posner presents as evidence during the history of the war waged on America by Bin Laden and his band of misfits. The most exciting part of the book for me was the Oklahoma City bombing. Mr. Rather, Broka and Jennings please stop blaming everything bad on the conservatives in America. Obviously the bombing in Oklahoma City was simply part of the jihad against America by the radical terrorists. A simple thanks to Mr. Posner to back up my educated guest on who was responsible. The book is such an exciting read that I had trouble putting it down! After reading the evidence presented by Mr. Posner, I feel safer knowing Mr. Bush is in the Whitehouse and is capable of dealing with these thugs. Obviously the presidnet prior to Mr. George W. Bush was not capable of handling any type of terrorist threat to my homeland and thus jeopordizing my security.
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Summary: Who Is Gerald Posner??
Review: I am writing this review soley to answer the question posed by another reviewer who asked jokingly "Who is Gerald Posner?" Let me first state that ideologically Mr Posner and I could not be more different. I am an arch conservative, where Mr. Posner is a registered Democrat who admitted that he voted for Al Gore in 2000 and Bill Clinton twice. The idea that Mr. Posner is just liberal bashing right-wing author is so ignorant that it is just plain laughable. Despite our differences, I cannot help but feel that Mr. Posner is one of the finest investigative journalists of the past 50 years, and the very definition of what it means to be a great American. He is a man who works hard to find the truth, and reports it without the coloring of personal bias. If you only read one more book in your lifetime, make it "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner. You can buy it right here from this fine website. For more info on the author, please visit www.posner.com
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Summary: Are we still sleeping????
Review: Okay, the CIA and the FBI dropped the ball......I mean really dropped it. The immigration people aren't doing their jobs and the ACLU is so tied up in protecting the Constitution that they're likely to kill more Americans doing it. So, Why American Slept by Gerald Posner is a book worth reading. Yes, it points out how American President after American President dropped the ball on security, and how they have miss judged not only Islamic extremists but also the so-called moderate Arab states like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. But really, none of this is generally new. Some of the details are interesting, but didn't we already know most of this? Certainly there is general agreement that after the 1970's the FBI and the CIA were made so ineffective by restrictions placed on them by the Congress that it made them virtually useless. Immigration and Naturalization has become the political hot potato of recent years because of the influx of illegals. Again, the political machinery, in the attempt to win votes at the polls has so handicapped that agency's ability to deal with the problem that they are basically ineffective. America, despite the assurances of the Dept of Homeland Security isn't any more safe today than before 9/11. Read Why American Slept and then read the newspapers and listen to the news. You make up your own minds. The question that needs to be asked over and over again is how can we not make this mistake again. Historically it just seems that the United States is destined to take it on the chin time after time. Pearl Harbor and now the Towers.
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Summary: A carefully balanced book - just what we need post 9/11
Review: This book does not blame any one political party - and its very political balance shows how carefully it has been constructed. Sad to say it - but this book is all too true. People forgot that religion has become a major player in why people do terrible things, and September 11, 2001 showed us that all too clearly. We can't afford to ignore such extremism in the future. We must also do something, as many specialists in DC and elsewhere are now realising, about the way in which Saudi Arabia fuels the kind of extremism that caused 9/11. Let's keep looking at the real reasons behind 9/11 - as these authors are trying to do - and learn the right lessons for the future. Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003)
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Summary: The Posners add to our understanding of 9/11
Review: Gerald Posner and his wife, Trisha, have wonderfully collaborated in revealing how our nation was surprised by the attacks of the Muslim extremists on 9/11. Which major political party deserves most of the blame? Sadly, both the Republicans and Democrats have much to answer for. Even Ronald Reagan deserves a lot of criticism for appointing the grossly inept William Webster as head of the CIA. Moreover, Reagan pulled our troops out of Beirut after a terrorist bombing murdered 241 American soldiers. This action greatly emboldened Osama bin Ladin to carry out his future deeds of massive destruction. And yes, the Posners do take to task the irresponsible and pacifist inclined Bill Clinton. The former president's political guru, Dick Morris, asserts "In Bill Clinton's epoch, terror was primarily a criminal justice problem which must not be allowed to get in the way of the 'real' foreign policy issues." The first World Trade Center attack in 1993 shockingly barely got any attention from the Clinton White House. The Posners also mention the mind boggling damage caused by liberal Democrat congressman Barney Frank (and implicitly the American Civil Liberties Union) who "led a successful effort to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so that membership in a terrorist group was no longer sufficient to deny a visa." I strongly contend that a whole chapter should have been devoted to this particular subject. The ACLU and its fellow travelers may have the best intentions---but the results of their efforts often leave a lot to be desired. After all, the United States Constitution is not a suicide pact! The Posners legitimately blast the CIA and FBI for their childish bureaucratic confrontations. Those supposedly defending our lives and freedoms are often too distracted in fighting each other. Is Saudi Arabia truly a friend? Did our European allies always fully cooperate with us? The Posners do not avoid these disturbing questions. In regards to the Saudi royal family, a number of them might remind you of Thomas Wolfe's 1971 "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers." One is cynically hard pressed to believe that such wealthy and extravagant folks really desire to live in a backward and impoverished cultural milieu. Do they merely desire to loosely associate with those more adventuresome and violent than themselves? The evidence provided by the Posners suggest that this may be so. Gerald and Trisha Posner are once again to be congratulated for this fine work. You also may wish to read the highly recommended Daniel Pipes' "Militant Islam Reaches America" and Steven Emerson's "American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us." The radical Muslim threat is not going away anytime in the near future. Thus, it behooves us to increase our knowledge concerning our unrelenting and vicious foes.
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Summary: A Must-Read About 9/11
Review: Not only does Posner chronicle the way that Islamism has been building for decades, ignored by Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Dubya--he chronicles all the obvious warning signs that were completely ignored. Sure, Clinton completely dropped the ball on Al Qaeda (and you'll get a maddening look at how in this book), but so did the presidents before and after him, including Bush II. And my God: the FBI is absolutely inept when it comes to fighting terror! Also infuriating is the yet-again Saudi connection, which has still resulted in NO appreciable action by us towards them, although Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia have been in bed together since AQ's birth. Most fascinating is the inside info he got on the capture and interrogation of Zubaydah (sp?)--not only for what they learned from him, but for his naming all the people in the Saudi Arabian gov't and royal family with whom he had a relationship--a relationship he thought would save him from our custody.
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