Comment: A veteran CIA Case Officer gives us an uncomfortable history lesson on Commodore Bainbridge -- the commander of the task force that President Jefferson sent to fight the Barbary pirates of Tripoli.
Pirates and the CIA: What Would Thomas Jefferson Have Done?
By Ken Silverstein
Harper's Magazine
April 9, 2009
Excerpt: For months, a former senior CIA officer has been telling me that pirate activity off Somalia was a problem that needed to be aggressively dealt with. By chance, I had a meeting with him yesterday as the Maersk Alabama hijacking was unfolding.Sphere: Related Content
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