Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Are There Real "Jack Bauers" In The CIA?


Meet The Real Jack Bauers -- National Review

In Courting Disaster, the real CIA interrogators explain why their methods bear no resemblance to what you see on Fox’s 24.

This week saw the premiere of a new season of 24, with CTU agent Jack Bauer preparing to leave the world of counterterrorism for a quiet life as a grandfather in Los Angeles. But he is pulled back into the fight to stop the attempted assassination of a Middle Eastern leader in New York. As he questions an informant, he thrusts a gun into the man’s neck but then pulls back, telling him, “You’re lucky I’m retired.” In another time, the man would have suffered far worse.

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More News On 24

The Best Jack Bauer Quotes To Use In Conversation
-- Long Island Press
The Stuff We Could Teach Jack Bauer -- New York Times
24 Recap: Welcome Back, Weapons of Mass Destruction -- New York Magazine

My Comment: What can I say .... I enjoy the program. The above links are cool.

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