[Steel Wolf]

It is rare for a C.I.A. officer to publish a book while still serving at the agency and highly unusual for the book to focus on such a politically explosive topic. Under C.I.A. rules, the book had to be cleared by the agency before it could be published. It was approved for release on condition that the author and his internal agency not be identified.

Um, okay...

In the book, "Imperial Hubris," the author is identified only as "Anonymous," but former intelligence officials identified him as a 22-year veteran of the C.I.A. who is still serving in a senior counterterrorism post at the agency and headed the bin Laden station from 1996 to 1999.

There's probably not too many 22 year vererans of the CIA who are still serving in a senior counterterrorism post, that also happened to head the bin Laden station from 1996 to 1999. Half the Agency probably knows who this joker is, which means than 3/4s of the journalists in Washington do, too.

[A Simple Soldier]

I doubt his anonimity will last long. The buzz of this book is getting to be deafening, despite the fact that it is being published by a relatively obscure publisher.

For instance, "Anonymous" was recently interviewed by Spencer Ackerman for the liberal weblog, Talking Points Memo. This book has gotten a lot of coverage in other well-read weblogs, also.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_06_20.php#003082

[Khurkris]

...and his name is 'Mike'...lol.

[Khurkris]

...and he also used his position and expertise to author "Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America,"...", yeah...the guys another Deepthroat alright...

[Ken H]

Are you thinking this is a Richard Clark type situation?