The staff at Penn Press cannot confirm or deny that both of his shoes are phones, but we're pleased to say that Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda, stood his ground on the Colbert Report last night.
Mudd, the former Deputy Director of the Counterterrorist Center at the Central Intelligence Agency and later as Deputy Director of the National Security Branch at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, answered hard questions and absurd questions with equal poise.
He also gave the Colbert Nation some sage advice: read a book.
After watching the interview, I will NEVER read this book. Mudd was arrogant, petulant, and condescending, and I understand now why we've had so many foreign policy and intelligence disasters if this is the type of person who's running the agencies.
Posted by: Kara Hartzler | September 15, 2013 at 01:24 AM
Poise? He was hostile at times, humorless for the most part, an contemptuous of the very medium he was using for personal gain. I don't think he came off looking too great.
Posted by: Natasha | September 15, 2013 at 06:30 PM