LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA by Tim Weiner

[Bruce P. Brychek]

Wednesday
05.06.2026
11:55 a.m.,
Chicago, Illinois time:

Dear Global Forum Members and Readers:

05.06.2026 - As Undeclared Wars rage on both fronts - the U.S. & Israel vs. Iran and the U.S. & Uraine vs. Russia, What do
"We the People..." really Control ?, Know ?, Understand ?, Value ?

Today some reports indicate 70% of American citizens are against it all as our economy spirals downward as food, gas,
and other goods and natural resources skyrocket upwards out of any immediate control.

But Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000.00) is being spent on a New White House Ballroom, with One Billion Dollars
($1,000,000,000.00) of Security to be implemented.

Meanwhile corruption, crime, diseases, drugs, gangs, taxes, violence, etc., are geometrically increasing.

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LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA, 2007 by Tim Weiner.

LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA...
"This is a timely, immensely readable, and highly critical history of the CIA, culminating with the most recent catastrophic
failures in Iraq."
Mark Bowden, author of BLACK HAWK DOWN

"For the last sixty years the CIA has managed to mainstream a formidable-reputaion in spite of its terrible record, burying
its blunders in top secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the
world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower "...a legacy of ashes.'

"LEGACY OF ASHES, like all first-rate histories, is not only richly informative but provocative and insightful. It is a
combustible mix of deeply researched history, solid reporting, and revealing anecdotes. Tim Weiner's history of the CIA
explains not merely the past but the present, laying out in fine detail the structural and philosophical flaws that have
dogged the agency from day one and which continue to leave the country unduly vulnerable."
Ted GUP, author of NATION OF SECRETS

"This is a fascinating, deeply scary book. With prodigious reporting and on-the-record sources, Tim Weiner shows why
the CIA has done so poorly in traditional intelligence. It's a riveting tale and also a warning. America must develop the
ability - and the will - to know and face the facts about the world."
Walter Isaacson, author of EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE"

My Commentary: How do "We the People..." seek to even begin to control an uncontrollable, unknown Omnipotent
Controlling Power that is so deeply and penetratingly classifying, controlling, directing, governing, and regulating the
overall Totality of Our Existence and Lives ?

thoughts...
best...
bb.