Gary Berntsen spent more than twenty years as an officer in the
Clandestine Service and served in an array of Field Command
assignments. He has been awarded both the Distinguished
Intelligence Medal and the Intelligence Star.
Ralph Pezzullo is a former journalist, award-winning playwright,
and screenwriter, and is the author of At the Fall of Samoza,
Plunging into Haiti, and the mystery novel Eve Missing.
“A thrilling read . . . Berntsen did his best to try to get bin
Laden; many in Washington have yet to do theirs.”—The Washington
Post
“Gripping . . . this honest account doesn’t do the president any
favors.”—The New York Times
“The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the story of courageous CIA
officers, like Gary Berntsen, repeatedly finding him and U.S.
political and military leaders refusing to kill him.
Jawbreaker—which CIA leaders tried to suppress to protect America's
bipartisan political elite and its military sycophants—precisely
describes the eleventh such opportunity since 1998, and again shows
that uniformed bureaucrats masquerading as U.S. generals let bin
Laden escape.”—Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris and
Through Our Enemies’ Eyes
“Jawbreaker is a real page turner . . . Berntsen was the CIA’s ‘go
to guy’ when it came to leading in Afghanistan, owing to his
exceptional operational and leadership skills in situations
involving the threat of immediate danger. Berntsen is brave and
bold and a true American hero.”—Cofer Black, former Chief of the
Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Center
" A thrilling read... Berntsen did his best to try to get bin
Laden; many in Washington have yet to do theirs." -- Washington
Post
" Gripping . . . this honest account doesn't do the president any
favors." -- Frank Rich, "New York Times"
" The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the story of courageous CIA
officers, like Gary Berntsen, repeatedly finding him and U.S.
political and military leaders refusing to kill him. "Jawbreaker"--
which CIA leaders tried to suppress to protect America's bipartisan
political elite and its military sycophants-- precisely describes
the eleventh such opportunity since 1998, and again shows that
uniformed bureaucrats masquerading as U.S. generals let bin Laden
escape." -- Michael Scheuer, author of "Imperial Hubris" and
"Through Our Enemies' Eyes"
" "Jawbreaker" is a real page turner . . . Berntsen was the CIA's '
go to guy' when it came to leading in Afghanistan, owing to his
exceptional operational and leadership skills in situations
involving the threat of immediate danger. Berntsen is brave and
bold and a true American hero." -- Cofer Black, former Chief of the
Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center
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