{"id":23908,"date":"2011-06-15T08:32:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T12:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23908"},"modified":"2011-06-15T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T16:56:41","slug":"catherine-herridge-the-next-wave-a-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23908","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Herridge: The Next Wave; a book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m sure you all know who Catherine Herridge<\/a> is if you’ve watched Fox News even once. She’s their Homeland Security reporter in DC, and a real cutie to boot. I remember that her reportage is some of the best on cable TV news. Every time she’s on, I have to stop what I’m doing and pay attention.<\/p>\n

Well, she’s written a book entitled “The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda’s American Recruits<\/a>” which is due out next week. I was lucky enough to be offered an advance copy last week and I just finished it after a two-day marathon of reading – it was that good, I couldn’t stop reading it.<\/p>\n

Although most of the book is based on what she has reported over the last ten years, Catherine manages to pull all of that reportage together and makes it a ripping good tale. The reader sits in with her during interviews with US government officials, government agents and al Qaeda operatives while she paints a picture for the reader of the new domestic “lone wolf” terrorists and their al Qaeda master, Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric and the vast network of connections to al-Awlaki from the US.<\/p>\n

The press release for the book reads;<\/p>\n

THE NEXT WAVE reveals the shocking story of how that blood-crazed American, Anwar al-Awlaki\u2014now hiding in Yemen\u2014was treated to Pentagon pomp as a \u201cmoderate Muslim,\u201d and how our Justice Department hid his movements from the 9\/11 Commission . . . even though al-Awlaki aided the 9\/11 hijackers. It delves into how the terrorists next door turn our tech against us, exploiting Facebook, Skype, and our outdated laws. Online terror recruiters are one of the Web\u2019s greatest success stories\u2014yet our government refuses to stop them.<\/p>\n

Through expert research, THE NEXT WAVE investigates the frightening question: Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What the press release doesn’t say is that the book is really well-written and well-researched. Herridge pulls all of her reportage into a fascinating yarn. You absolutely MUST buy this book when it comes out if you’re at all curious about the subject of national security and lone wolf terrorists right here at home.<\/p>\n

I must admit that there was one part of Catherine’s book that disappointed me…she’s married…to an Air Force pilot. So, I guess my own marriage will remain intact a while longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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