Dana Priest quote

As a beat reporter covering the CIA and intelligence world after the terrorist attacks of 2001, I could sense that many things I couldn't see or understand were changing, expanding, getting so big they were difficult to manage.
Dana Priest
Dana Priest
Dana Priest
Born: May 23, 1957

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Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State by Dana Priest (2012-09-13)
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