Teardrop Lassos Green Jade and 925 Silver Teardrop Earrings from Guatemala

Teardrop Lassos Green Jade and 925 Silver Teardrop Earrings from Guatemala

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Teardrop Lassos Green Jade and 925 Silver Teardrop Earrings from GuatemalaTeardrop stones of natural, dark green jade grace the ears in this pair of stud earrings from Guatemala. Designed by Zandra Lorena Sajbin, these earrings are handcrafted with sterling silver rope motifs that capture the beauty of Mayan jewelry. materials: 925 sterling silver, jade Post earrings Natural stone some variations in color and or pattern are to be expected High polish finish 0. 4 in. L x 0. 3 in. W x 0. 2 in. D

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The essence of this book is to succinctly explain the role of CIA's National Clandestine Service (Directorate of Operations) in formulating and more importantly executing a coherent counter-terrorism strategy. Gary Berntsen is a retired CIA intelligence officer (clandestine service) with an impressive record of field assignments to his credit. He also clearly knows the ways of Washington D.C. in that this book is designed for those suffering from attention deficit disorder. While he raises several interesting point in the book, he also reveals an astonishing narrowness of view and tendency to reduce everything to its simplest terms. In his introductory `background' chapter Berntsen makes the dubious claim that the collection of intelligence from human sources (HUMINT) is the "primary mission of CIA." Apparently he is unaware that CIA was originally founded to produce all source finished intelligence and that the National Intelligence Council (NIC), until recently under CIA, was the final word in the U.S. Intelligence System. Nothing reveals the sorry state of CIA's Directorate of Intelligence better than this claim. In the same manner Berntsen is apparently oblivious to the availability and uses of intelligence collected by technical means. To his credit he does recognize that the best intelligence is more often available from open (non-classified) sources than from secret sources. Yet he neither expands nor follows up this observation. Berntsen more or less follows this pattern through out this book. For example he provides a brief discussion of the traditional Islamic Banking System called Hawalla, but is apparently unaware that the system is based on a recognized credit not cash and that money does not move across international borders. The system is widely trusted and is widely used by Muslim expatriates in the West and Saudi Arabia to send money home. For this reason Hawalla credit transfers providing money to terrorists are easily lost in a world wide mass of transactions. Yet it is possible to track Hawalla transactions and it has been done without "intensive manpower" allocations. Berntsen deserves a good deal of respect and credit for his obvious service to the U. S. and his dedication to the cause of clandestine intelligence operations and its hand maiden covert operations. Yet this book is a terminally superficial and ill-considered work by someone who not only should know better, but could have produced a first rate `practical guide' to a counter-terrorism strategy.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2008

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matt crossland

Pawtucket, US

★★★★★ 5

Excellent Overview on Counterterrorism

Format: Hardcover

What really sets this book apart from the rest of books on the subject is that it illustrates positive solutions to the problems. It is also a very entertaining and fun read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone concerned over current events and terrorism in our time.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2014

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Brian

Omaha, US

★★★★★ 4

Good book worth adding to your CIA collection.

Format: Kindle

I enjoyed reading this quite a bit. It's a very fast read that provides an introduction to the layers of the CIA.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2016

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