Fallout: The True Story of the CIA's Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking
Investigative journalists Collins and Frantz, who documented how rogue Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan created a nuclear black market in 2007™s The Nuclear Jihadist, return to the subject in this sobering, true-life œpart spy story, part cautionary tale. The authors focus this time on the CIA™s participation in œa massive cover-up to prevent public disclosure of its passive role in Khan™s proliferation activities. For years the CIA had Khan under constant surveillance, but instead of moving to shut down his œnuclear bazaar, the CIA and policymakers watched and discussed how and when to act. Collins and Frantz conclude that œthe CIA was addicted to information, not action. When the agency finally moved to roll up Khan™s global proliferation ring, it sought to conceal the œbad judgments and operational errors that allowed the ring to flourish for years. Nuclear proliferation is one of our era™s critical issues, and Collins and Frantz™s exposé makes a timely contribution to how institutional errors and bad calls in Washington have left America more vulnerable to global terrorism. (Feb.)(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC.  All rights reserved.