Title: Baldacci Doesn't Know the Bureaucracy
Product review: The author exercises considerable literary license in his portrayal of the Washington government/security types as being hypercapable types who are so efficient that they can walk on water and then some. I have lived in the Wash DC area for forty-one years and worked for the federal government as an attorney for a little over thirty of those years. What he says ain't so!The bureaucracy's prime area of expertise lies in the expenditure of vast amounts of money and not being held accountable for it. And the Homeland Security department is one of the prime examples.Baldacci does, however, know the geography and landmarks of the DC area quite well and this adds somewhat to the book's appeal for those who live in the metro area where the action takes place. (maybe this is what they called damning something with faint praise)
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
