Part of me wants to tell you not to read Jane Mayer's book, The Dark Side because it is so utterly depressing, bit part of me wants to scream at you you've got to read it s that you can know just how absolutely destructive our current administration has been. You will NEVER vote for McCain if you do. A bunch of often incompetent, ruthless, right wing ideologues people ignorant of our history and our common heritage in the Constituion rule the land at the moment. It seems probable, from this book, that any minimization of the problems of terrorism has NOTHING to do with US efforts. I'm only about half through it and am torn between getting rid of it and pushing on. A beautifully documented picture of the nightmare our country's government has become.