It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.
Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...