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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 14, 2014)
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5.0 out of 5 starsJingle Flights, Rosetta, and the War on Normalcy
By Allen Smalling TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on October 20, 2014
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How's this for stupid: The United States government, so eager to reflate Iraqi currency post-Baathist, sends plane after plane after plane from the U.S. to Baghdad stuffed full of hundred-dollar (USD) bills on the assumption that having new Dinars printed elsewhere would take too long. A large proportion of the money simply goes missing. Or that the U.S. would sanction the creation of a new organization "not to capture Taliban...not to put people in jail...[but only] to get people to cooperate." Or that most of the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping was rubber-stamped not by Congress or clear Presidential policy but by minor officials working with little visibility or oversight.

It is true that much of the information in Risen's new book has been published before, but what he puts together is frightening. This is one of the few current-events books I wish had gone on longer. We now live in a world where James Clapper said that we had perhaps "overestimated" the ability of Iraqi troops to hold off ISIS forces, and "underestimated" the ability of said troops to make incursions. What nobody asks is why the U.S. has "underspied" on declared enemies while "overspying" on its own citizens, at home. PAY ANY PRICE is a very necessary book, and if it makes you angry, so much the better. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBetter Than His Last One - Imagine What He'll Write From Prison
By David Swanson on October 14, 2014
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When New York Times report James Risen published his previous book, State of War, the Times ended its delay of over a year and published his article on warrantless spying rather than be scooped by the book. The Times claimed it hadn't wanted to influence the 2004 presidential election by informing the public of what the President was doing. But this week a Times editor said on 60 Minutes that the White House had warned him that a terrorist attack on the United States would be blamed on the Times if one followed publication -- so it may be that the Times' claim of contempt for democracy was a cover story for fear and patriotism. The Times never did report various other important stories in Risen's book.

One of those stories, found in the last chapter, was that of Operation Merlin -- possibly named because only reliance on magic could have made it work -- in which the CIA gave nuclear weapon plans to Iran with a few obvious changes in them. This was supposedly supposed to somehow slow down Iran's nonexistent efforts to build nuclear weapons. Risen explained Operation Merlin on Democracy Now this week and was interviewed about it by 60 Minutes which managed to leave out any explanation of what it was. The U.S. government is prosecuting Jeffrey Sterling for allegedly being the whistleblower who served as a source for Risen, and subpoenaing Risen to demand that he reveal his source(s).

The Risen media blitz this week accompanies the publication of his new book, Pay Any Price. Risen clearly will not back down. This time he's made his dumbest-thing-the-CIA-did-lately story the second chapter rather than the last, and even the New York Times has already mentioned it.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsTop Secrecy for Governments None for Spied Upon Populace
By John Young on October 14, 2014
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Essential reading for what has gone wrong with the USG and its partners since 9/11, and continues to diminish open, responsible democracy to grow a secrecy-obsessed three branches of government conspiring to exclude the citizenry from information and participation in decisions which affect their security, health, safety and welfare. Risen's accounts of a few highly honorable individuals combating dishonorable agencies, corporations and organizations exploiting public fears by propaganda, media manipulation, persecution of whistleblowers are deeply disturbing. "Greed, Power and Endless War," that title says it all of what the secret USG and its partners have transformed democratic nations into: the most spied upon populace in history.
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4.0 out of 5 starsContinues with the Path laid out by State of War, but...
By Metron1971 on October 20, 2014
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First off, this is a good book which is both easy to read and informative.

That said, even as I read it, some bits seem like news people should be familiar with if they read the Economist or stay informed on current political events/foreign policy issues. It goes to how much you read. Still, Risen delves further into the topics than a newspaper/online article and turns them into chapters.

I am comparing this to State of War, which seemed more ground-breaking, because the mind-blowing topics in it (NSA spying revealed in 2006 and the efforts to stymy Iran's nuclear ambitions) were both alarming. In the post-Snowden/Manning/Wikileaks era, there have been a lot of articles, news segments, and documentaries which tackle the ways the United States is mismanaging (or exploiting) the War on Terror. The title (War on Terror) is a blanket phrase unto itself. It's a war against no nation, but people associated with violence and fear and it's fostered by paranoia (and feeding that paranoia).

...I think Americans are largely fatigued by this. In 2006, people hoped that a change in administrations would end the insanity, but Risen notes that regardless of who is in charge, this culture will persist.

And I find that enormously depressing. I read State of War to be enlightened, but this book shows that no matter what, we're locked in this situation and each chapter adds another shocking/alarming highlight into how the powers that be fail the American tax-payer/voter.

I haven't finished the book yet, because I am struggling to feel inspired (a test of endurance). That said, it IS informative and follows the same template set by State of War (i.e. shocking revelations, tight writing, and no sources given). If you want to be more informed (which is kind of a hallmark of a strong democratic society), then worth the read.
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