mɪtʃˈɪkoʊ kˌækjuːtˈɑːni ɪnðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz kˈɔːld ɪɾ ˈeɪ "dˈæmɪŋ pˈoːɹtɹɪt ʌvðə kˈʌntɹiz ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns ˈeɪdʒənsiz" ænd sˈɛd "bˈæmfɚdz kəŋklˈuːʒənz ɑːɹ ɐlˈɑːɹmɪŋ, ɪf nˌɑːt ʌnfəmˈɪlɪɹ".
Michiko Kakutani in the New York Times called it a "damning portrait of the country's intelligence agencies" and said "Bamford's conclusions are alarming, if not unfamiliar".