Summary of Douglas Laux & Ralph Pezzullo's Left of Boom

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#1 I was in Chicago with my girlfriend Kate, and I was nervous about meeting her friends. I was studying Pashtu full-time, and had just passed my competency exam. Something inside me released a burst of adrenaline.

#2 I was scheduled to receive the weapons and other types of training required before going to a forward base. I was in Chicago, not DC, so I couldn’t march into headquarters and offer my assistance. I knew several young CIA officers assigned there and had trained with them at the Farm.

#3 I was a freshman at the University of Indiana starting to pursue a course of study to become an optometrist. 9/11 changed my life, and I decided to change my major to political science, study Japanese and Chinese, and focus on learning about the world around me.

#4 I was with the woman I loved, but I felt an impulse to grab a beer out of the mini fridge and down it. I reminded myself that I was with the woman I loved and told myself that I had to focus on making her happy for the next two days.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388517

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Insights on Douglas Laux & Ralph Pezzullo's Left of Boom

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was in Chicago with my girlfriend Kate, and I was nervous about meeting her friends. I was studying Pashtu full-time, and had just passed my competency exam. Something inside me released a burst of adrenaline.

#2

I was scheduled to receive the weapons and other types of training required before going to a forward base. I was in Chicago, not DC, so I couldn’t march into headquarters and offer my assistance. I knew several young CIA officers assigned there and had trained with them at the Farm.

#3

I was a freshman at the University of Indiana starting to pursue a course of study to become an optometrist. 9/11 changed my life, and I decided to change my major to political science, study Japanese and Chinese, and focus on learning about the world around me.

#4

I was with the woman I loved, but I felt an impulse to grab a beer out of the mini fridge and down it. I reminded myself that I was with the woman I loved and told myself that I had to focus on making her happy for the next two days.

#5

I was also having a hard time pretending everything was fine, because it wasn’t. I was worried about Kate, who had met some of my colleagues who had been sent to Khowst. When their names were released, she might put two and two together and figure out where I really worked.

#6

I had lobbied to be sent to the tip of