A riveting revealing & news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning In December 2003 after one of the largest most aggressive manhunts in history US military forces captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit Beset by body-double rumors & false alarms during a nine-month search the Bush administration needed positive identification of the prisoner before it could make the announcement that would rocket around the world At the time John Nixon was a senior CIA leadership analyst who had spent years studying the Iraqi dictator Called upon to make the official ID Nixon looked for telltale scars & tribal tattoos & asked Hussein a list of questions only he could answer The man was indeed Saddam Hussein but as Nixon learned in the ensuing weeks both he & America had greatly misunderstood just who Saddam Hussein really was Debriefing the President presents an astounding candid portrait of one of our era's most notorious strongmen Nixon the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture offers expert insight into the history & mind of America's most enigmatic enemy After years of parsing Hussein's leadership from afar Nixon faithfully recounts his debriefing sessions & subsequently strips away the mythology surrounding an equally brutal & complex man His account is not an apology but a sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers-and Tony Blair's government -astray Unflinching & unprecedented Debriefing the President exposes a fundamental misreading of one of the modern world's most central figures & presents a new narrative that boldly counters the received account ...

In the far future humanity has doomed planet Earth to rot & decay covering her surface with garbage Now ancient spirits called the Colossals rise from the debris & attack the remaining survivors forcing the human race to the brink of extinction After an attack leaves their people without water Maya the last Protector sets out on a journey for pure water to save the world before the monsters bring it all to an end ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ex-con Nickie Dryden has done his time 18 years in one of the toughest prisons in Britain Now he&s married & has made a new life for himself as an acclaimed sculptor His old ways are deeply buried but one man cannot forget Eighteen years on Keltie the policeman responsible for his conviction cannot accept Dryden&s rehabilitation & embarks on a campaign to ensure his violent crimes are not forgotten or forgiven Billy Connolly is terrifyingly convincing as the seemingly rehabilitated Dryden & Ken Stott is superb as the obsessive policeman determined to see justice done at any price Actors Billy Connolly Ken Stott Francesca Annis Iain Robertson Annette Crosbie Alastair Galbraith Shauna Macdonald Sandy Neilson Julie Wilson Nimmo Alan Francis James Thomson Stephen Duguid Matt Costello & Stuart Sinclair Blyth Director Anthony Neilson Certificate 18 years & over Year 1998 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Duration 1 hour & 49 minutes (approx)
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Helen Mirren stars as an ex-Mossad agent forced to track down a Nazi war criminal before her retirement in the English-language redo of Assaf Bernstein&s 2007 Israeli thriller Ha-Hov John Madden (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) directs from a script by STARDUST screenwriters Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman with Sam Worthington (AVATAR) handling co-starring duties for this gripping drama ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From David Hewlett (Rise of the Planet of the Apes Cube) comes DEBUG a nerve-shredding sci-fi horror starring Jason Momoa (Conan the Barbarian TV s Game of Thrones) Sent in to deep space six young hackers are attempting to debug the computer systems of a massive derelict space freighter While they struggle to clear out the viruses the team fall prey to the ship&s vengeful artificial intelligence (Momoa) a program that would kill to be human As the fractious team is forced to match wits with this rogue program they discover that the ship holds a deadly secret & a fate far worse than death ...

In the course of their 20-year engineering careers authors Brian Fitzpatrick & Ben Collins-Sussman have picked up a treasure trove of wisdom & anecdotes about how successful teams work together Their conclusion? Even among people who have spent decades learning the technical side of their jobs most haven't really focused on the human component Learning to collaborate is just as important to success If you invest in the soft skills of your job you can have a much greater impact for the same amount of effort The authors share their insights on how to lead a team effectively navigate an organization & build a healthy relationship with the users of your software This is valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular series of talks-including Working with Poisonous People-has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers ...

Debussy's Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Epoque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city's delights & the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life & weaves the music the man the city & the era into an indissoluble whole 254 pages 53 Halftones black & white; 17 Illustrations black & white Kautsky Catherine ...

Here in one volume are two bodies of work that perhaps more than any others reveal the essence of Claude Debussy&s extraordinary expressiveness & his innovative gifts for musical imagery Each book contains twelve preludes for the piano many of them known to today&s musical audiences because of their great popularity with pianists worldwide Ranging from the mystical " La Cathedrale engloutie" to the capricious " Ondine" to the explosive " Feux d&artifice" they offer special joys to pianists of varying levels of ability ...

Human Being Daisy May Turn off Your TVAnaemia Wasted Sunbeam Brand New Again Peach Milk Can't Figure You Out Geist Capsules ...

Have your favourite Five Finger Death Punch album artwork on display with unparalleled clarity exclusively through Nemesis Now! Featuring the artwork from the bands first compilation album 'A Decade of Destruction' it is covered in clean imagery which is very different from their usual style A razor-toothed skull holding a knuckle duster inside of its mouth sits above the 'X' representing Five Finger Death Punch's 10 year milestone This Crystal Clear picture adds a never-before-seen richness & depth to the image & is a fitting tribute to these indomitable Heavy Metal Powerhouses Officially licensed Crystal Clear Picture Featuring Five Finger Death Punch's Decade of Destruction Album Artwork Cushioned back with wall mount Size 32cm x 32cm ...