

At the Center of the Storm
Author: George Tenet
Narrator: Eric Conger
Abridged: 12 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/30/2007
Author: George Tenet
Narrator: Eric Conger
Abridged: 12 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/30/2007
George Tenet was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1997 to 2004. He holds a BSFS from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MIA from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. He was appointed to the faculty of Georgetown University in 2004 and lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife, author Stephanie Glakas-Tenet, and their son.
Eric Conger's stage credits include appearances Off-Broadway and at the Long Wharf Theater. He has appeared as a regular on Another World and Loving, and has translated the works of Feydeau.
I like George Tenet. He has a tough-guy New York accent and there's a picture of him in the book with a leather jacket on looking like he's really giving it to Andrew Card. Personally, I have no special strong feelings for George Bush, either way. But, when it comes down to finger-pointing (which, y......more
Although written pretty well (which is why it gets two stars), this was one long boring politics-as-usual, name dropping, finger pointing slog. Here's the most interesting paragraph so you don't have to read this: "In one conversation, operations officers in Washington told the field of a major devel......more
I don't care about his family. He knows I don't care about his family. Was writing about his family supposed to make me think the head of the CIA is a nice guy? If so, it failed. There's a lot of info in this book, and maybe its good. But it is wildly glossed in favor of the CIA. He talks about how h......more
Interesting in parts but dry in parts... still was a good reminder of recent events in the intelligence world of the U.S., although I took a lot of it with a grain of salt. It was interesting reading about Tenet complaining about how Bob Woodward portrayed him in his book "Plan of Attack", which I r......more