" A thrilling read... Berntsen did his best to try to get bin Laden; many in Washington have yet to do theirs."
         -- Washington Post

" Gripping . . . this honest account doesn't do the president any favors."
         -- Frank Rich,

"New York Times"

" The hunt for Osama bin Laden is the story of courageous CIA officers, like Gary Berntsen, repeatedly finding him and U.S. political and military leaders refusing to kill him.

"Jawbreaker"-- which CIA leaders tried to suppress to protect America's bipartisan political elite and its military sycophants-- precisely describes the eleventh such opportunity since 1998, and again shows that uniformed bureaucrats masquerading as U.S. generals let bin Laden escape."
         -- Michael Scheuer, author of

"Imperial Hubris" and

"Through Our Enemies' Eyes"

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"Jawbreaker" is a real page turner . . . Berntsen was the CIA's ' go to guy' when it came to leading in Afghanistan, owing to his exceptional operational and leadership skills in situations involving the threat of immediate danger. Berntsen is brave and bold and a true American hero."
         -- Cofer Black, former Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center