Operation Dark Heart spycraft After a groundbreaking launch from

After a groundbreaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean

but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"-filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables

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Operation Dark Heart spycraft After a groundbreaking launch fromOperation Dark Heart tells the story of what really went onand what went wrongin Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer led a black ops team on the forefront of the military efforts to block the Taliban's resurgence. For a moment he saw us winning the war. Then the military brass got involved. He witnessed firsthand the tipping point, when what seemed like certain victory turned into failure. This wasn't the first time he had seen bureaucracy stand in