John Nixon was a senior leadership analyst with the CIA from 1998 to 2011. He did several tours in Iraq and was recognized by a number of federal agencies for his contribution to the war effort. During his time with the CIA, Nixon regularly wrote for, and briefed, the most senior levels of the US government. He also taught leadership analysis to the new generation of analysts coming into the CIA at the Sherman Kent School, the Agency’s in-house analytic training center. Since leaving the Agency in 2011, Nixon has worked as an international risk consultant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. This is his first book.
"A damning indictment of the perversion of a major intelligence
service by little minds inside and above it." –The Times of
London
“That a CIA officer should hold power to account in a memoir is
unusual, and patriotic. John Nixon has done so with insight
and style. Debriefing The President is a page turner of
historical consequence — excellent news for the republic in
treacherous times.” – Nick McDonell, author of Twelve and
The End of Major Combat Operations
"Nixon captures the psychological give-and-take of these exchanges
[with Saddam Hussein] with gripping readability...and he describes
the resultant verbal sparring with a sharp ear for nuance." –
Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor
"Mr. Nixon, the first C.I.A. officer to interrogate Hussein after
his capture in December 2003, reveals gobsmacking facts about that
deposed Iraqi leader that raise new questions about why the United
States bothered to invade Iraq to oust him from power. These
details will likely appall Americans who have watched their
nation’s blood and treasure wasted in Iraq ever since…. More
broadly, Mr. Nixon offers a stinging indictment of the C.I.A. and
what he sees as the agency’s dysfunctional process for providing
intelligence to the president and other policy makers…. Mr. Nixon’s
book comes at an extraordinary moment, when President-elect Donald
J. Trump is already at war with the C.I.A….“Debriefing the
President” will add fuel to the fire of the Trump-led criticism. It
will also send a chilling warning to anyone counting on the C.I.A.
to stand up to Mr. Trump once he is in office.” – James Risen, The
New York Times
“Gripping…Nixon’s book, Debriefing the President, gives more
ammunition to the skeptics; indeed, some of its contents can
only be described as sensational.” – John Cassidy, The New
Yorker
"A fascinating glimpse of the "tough, shrewd, manipulative"
leader and his views on the U.S. invasion, Iraqi history, and his
own role in the Middle East...An intelligent and readable
postscript to the Iraq War that will be valuable for future
historians."
--Kirkus (starred review)
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