This is the confession of Glenn Carle, a senior CIA operative and interrogator, and the story of his encounter with one of the most senior al-Qaeda detainees captured after 9/11, and whom the CIA believed might hold the key to finding Osama bin Ladin. As Carle’s interrogations progressed, he began to doubt the operation and soon found himself isolated and increasingly at odds with his institution. He struggled over how far to push the interrogation, wrestling with whether his actions constituted torture. Then, in a dramatic twist, headquarters spirited the detainee and Carle to the CIA’s harshest interrogation facility, a place that even CIA officers dared mention only in whispers. A haunting tale of sadness, confusion, and determination, this is a shocking and intimate look at the world of espionage and our war on terror.
