Monthly Archives: October 2020

The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

Chris Whipple writes in his 2020 book: * Petraeus, Brennan’s predecessor, had suffered a precipitous fall from grace. The celebrated former commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, and architect of the Iraq War “surge,” Petraeus brought … Continue reading

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2010: CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin made ‘shockingly sexual’ proposition to well-known media figure, she claims

From the New York Daily News in 2010: Jeffrey Toobin’s baby mama drama continues. Even as he deals with his estranged mistress’ claim that he fathered her child, the married CNN legal analyst, 49, is denying accounts that his eye … Continue reading

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True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump

Jeffrey Toobin writes in this 2020 book: * The assignment involved a good deal of time spent in a hotel in Baltimore, and it was at the restaurant there that [Jeannie] Rhee explained to Mueller her philosophy of the buffet, … Continue reading

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Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election

Jeffrey Toobin writes in this 2001 book: * The Eighth Congressional District in Indiana stretches along the southwestern corner of the state, from the university town of Bloomington to the industrial city of Evansville. The district had been so evenly … Continue reading

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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy writes in this 2015 book: * [John] Skaggs had been a homicide detective for twenty years. In that time, he had been in a thousand living rooms like this one—each with its large TV, Afrocentric knickknacks, and imponderable … Continue reading

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