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4.2/5 Barnes & Noble Language English Originally published 27 December 2005 Publisher Crown Publishing Group | 3.9/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date 27 December 2005 OCLC 60798451 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Pages 328 (Hardcover edition) ISBN 0-307-23740-0 (Hardcover edition) Genres Biography, Politics, Military Similar Central Intelligence Agency books, Politics books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander (2005) is an autobiographical book by CIA agent Gary Berntsen describing the time he spent in Afghanistan at the beginning of the American campaign against the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In his acknowledgements, Berntsen describes that his original manuscript was reviewed by the CIA as per agency guidelines that stipulate all publishable works detailing an agent's career must be reviewed by the CIA's Publications Review Board (PRB). The text of the book contains redactions to indicate where material has been censored to protect information and context the CIA deems classified.
In October 2006, Paramount Pictures announced that Oliver Stone would direct a film based on Berntsen's book, the rights to which had been bought earlier in the year. This would follow Stone's 2006 film, World Trade Center, the September 11th attacks.