God this is boring. I’m sorry but it is. It’s stuff citizenry ought to know about but not in this format. I do not think it could be presented in more boring a fashion. Just a summary of the screw ups would be preferable, I think. Instead, it’s all presented through the lens of the “whistleblower” in such granular detail it reads like absolute fiction.

I’m sure the idea is that so much is remembered and there are so many details and photos that it makes a better case for the information, proving it to be true. While that may be true, as in the back it says there are many, many source that are not named, and throughout mind you, there are sections where the author inquired to the people and recorded the various responses. So, yay, perhaps it’s true and people should know, especially considering Canadians know little to know about CSIS and special operations, or about how they’re a bunch of idiots that seem to not be all that well trained in their tactics and break the law indiscriminately. That’s useful information!

What isn’t is what every single co-worker liked to wear and their mannerisms and what they liked and didn’t like and who they hooked up with, inflating the book by an order of magnitude. The interactions must rely on recollections or else be fiction and that actually deflated the relevant information substantially for me.

It’s not poorly written it’s just a terrible terrible choice in how to present it. It’s this man’s story, I get it. Figure out what’s interesting and pertinent and then right the story or write an article. 360 pages this should not be, not by a long shot, imo.