
The Interrogator
An Education
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Narrated by:
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Malcolm Hillgartner
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By:
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Glenn L. Carle
Here are the confessions of a senior CIA operative who ran the interrogation of one of the highest profile al-Qaeda captives. Carle’s journey is a tale of international intrigue, deceit, and betrayal—and an extraordinary and intimate portrait of our war on terror.
To his friends and neighbors, Glenn L. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical New England Yankee, a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age, someone always with his nose in an abstruse book. But for two decades, Carle broke laws, stole, and lied on a daily basis about nearly everything. He was a CIA spy. He thrived in an environment of duplicity and ambiguity, flourishing in the gray areas of policy. The Interrogator is the story of Carle’s most serious assignment, when he was “surged” into the global war on terror to interrogate a top level detainee at one of the CIA’s notorious black sites overseas. It tells of his encounter with one of the most senior al-Qaeda detainees the United States captured after 9/11, a “ghost detainee” who, the CIA believed, might hold the key to finding Osama bin Laden. But as Carle’s interrogation sessions progressed, he began to seriously doubt the operation. Was this man, kidnapped in the Middle East, really the senior al-Qaeda official the CIA believed he was? Headquarters viewed Carle’s misgivings as naïve troublemaking. Carle found himself isolated, progressively at odds with his institution and his orders. He struggled over how far to push the interrogation, wrestling with whether his actions constituted torture and with what defined his real duty to his country. Then, in a dramatic twist, headquarters spirited the detainee and Carle to the CIA’s harshest interrogation facility, a place of darkness and fear, which even CIA officers dared mention only in whispers. A haunting tale of sadness, confusion, and determination, The Interrogator is a shocking and intimate look at the world of espionage. ©2011 Glenn L. Carle (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in non-fiction and the US Intelligence Community. If you have any previous knowledge about the CIA or any other Gov't Agency that interrogates, debriefs, or interviews HVTs, this book will be of interest.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The most interesting parts of this book were in the little details in the authors observations. They were very revealing of his character and motivation. The least interesting was his over-indulgent, self-aggrandizing. Although, that is to be expected from a CIA Case Officer.Which character – as performed by Malcolm Hillgartner – was your favorite?
Hillgartner did a fine job narrating all the characters.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I listened to this book while traveling for work. I appreciated the breaks required when I had to turn off the iPod for various reasons. The book was interesting but not necessarily one I could not put down.Interesting read
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intriguing,comedic,down to earth and educational
will recommend this to anyone who likes the genre.
didn't expect this.
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I waited for it to unfold. It didn’t
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Solid Story Told By Someone In-the-Know
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great book very facinating story teller was good
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Would you listen to The Interrogator again? Why?
Excellent audiobook -- story and delivery.Have you listened to any of Malcolm Hillgartner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No.Any additional comments?
This was a most profound book. I learned a great deal of the type of individual doing this work and I was very proud of the stories.This is QUITE an Education
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The story had potential to be pretty good but all the redactions became ridiculous and made the story choppy. I couldn't even finish the book.
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the title of this book should be "Redacted"
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I also like the narrator. I have heard him read other books. He has a good voice for this kind of book.
Excellent well stated
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Boring
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