Episode · Breaking Points · 2026-04-01
Books mentioned on CIA Legend: Trump CLUELESS On Iran War
Emily Jashinsky discussed Syriana by Robert Baer and The Samson Option by Seymour M. Hersh.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Syriana
Discussed“Wasn't Syriana also roughly based on him? Yes, that's that's that's correct. One of his books was turned into Syriana and the main the George Clooney character is is modeled after Robert Baer.”
Where to get it
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The Samson Option
Discussed“And he just he just he talks about the Samson Option multiple times which is which is also the name of a Seymour Hersh book which is the reference to is the this purported Israeli strategy that they would rather basically nuke the world”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Perfect Kill
“You're the perfect one to ask about that. You're the author of the the perfect kill. Uh which, you know, you've got in there what I think it's called 21 rules for assassination or something along those lines.”