Dangerous Diplomacy

It's ironic to think that one of the most subversive, anti-American forces in the war on terrorism is the institution that is the mastermind of much of America's foreign policy and strategy, the State Department. In Dangerous Diplomacy Joel Mowbray shows exactly how this is the case, revealing shocking information on State's shortsightedness, poor judgment, and resistance to change and how these shortcomings have compromised national security and American lives time and time again. Using in-depth, comprehensive interviews with State Department personnel and looking closely at State's recent history and publications, Mowbray reveals: 1. State's Herculean efforts to cover up the lax visa policies that allowed the September 11 hijackers to enter the US legally-while keeping these policies in place as long as possible. 2. State's arms-for-tyrants program-and how it very nearly succeeded in providing Saddam Hussein's Iraq with nuclear capability 3. The State/Saudi alliance: Why State bends over backwards to keep the Saudis happy despite the kingdom's clear support for global terrorism 4. How American parents whose children have been kidnapped by foreign nationals have been ignored, deserted, and betrayed by the embassies and officials who are supposed to protect Americans 5. State's strange but long-standing fondness for brutal, radical Islamic regimes 6. How State's entrenched culture makes reform of the organization virtually impossible 7. How State concealed information about North Korea's nuclear program 8. The Iranian democracy movement: Why it soldiers on with no help from the State Department 9. The sorry record of how State not only has declined to discipline incompetent and corrupt immigration officials who let terrorists and other criminals into the US, but rewarded them 10. How State has actually fought against families victimized by evil regimes who are trying to recover damages Mowbray documents a State Department in dire need of reform-revealing here for the first time just how far State has strayed from its intended role as the primary agent of US interests abroad.