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Shadow Factory by James Bamford
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Just finished James Bamford's latest, Shadow Factory. Great, great book that focuses on post-9/11 SIGINT.
Lots of meat to the book in terms of history, events, and places, as well as technical descriptions. Things are footnoted and bibliographed well. A bit scathing in parts in regard to Michael Hayden and the outsourcing of SIGINT to private industry.
If you're interested in this and haven't checked out his other books, do so: his first book Puzzle Palace was largely the public's introduction to the folks at Meade; his second book Body of Secrets covers a wide range of events, including pre-9/11 SIGINT.
Came out of these with a much bigger respect for the folks at Meade.
Skunk Works by Ben Rich
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Great book by Ben Rich (R.I.P) who succeeded Kelly Johnson as head of Skunk Works at Lockheed. A great book covering the time period from the U-2 to the SR-71 to the F-117. Again lots of meat.
Obama's War (still working on this) by Bob Woodward
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Trying to make it through Obama's War by Bob Woodward, interesting history and info but it's a pretty hard read and sources don't seem to be corroborated or cited much at all. I like to hit Google as I'm reading a book and flesh stuff out.
A Walk In The Woods (still working on this)
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Story about a guy who hiked the entire Appalachian Trail. Good so far, a bit too jokey for me, but I've got hiking the PCT and the AT on my bucket list.
Various "How to raise triplets" books
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Or more accurately mostly twin books. My wife and I wish we had it so easy.
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