A good story has many elements. An interesting setting. Good characters. A disciplined structure. Finally, a plot with a compelling conflict and resolution. Privileged and Confidential has all the elements of a good story. Its authors, Kenneth Michael Absher, Michael C. Desch, and Roman Popadiuk, call their work the fascinating history of the "most secretive, least-well known, and potentially most influential" part of the Intelligence Community (IC). Nonetheless, after 409 pages of narrative (including appendices), the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) unfortunately remains elusive. In places, a lack of details makes the PIAB and its projects hard to discern. In others, an abundance of details drowns the authors' objectives and may even make the PIAB less interesting than promised. At the end, the authors' analysis and conclusions present some compelling conflicts, and interesting lessons.
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机译：一个好的故事有很多要素。一个有趣的设置。好的角色。纪律严明的结构。最后，一个具有令人信服的冲突和解决方案的情节。特权和机密具有良好故事的所有要素。它的作者肯尼斯·迈克尔·阿布舍尔（Kenneth Michael Absher），迈克尔·C·德施（Michael C. Desch）和罗曼·波帕迪克（Roman Popadiuk）将他们的工作称为情报界（IC）“最秘密，最鲜为人知且可能最具影响力”部分的迷人历史。然而，不幸的是，在经过409页的叙述（包括附录）之后，总统情报咨询委员会（PIAB）仍然难以捉摸。在某些地方，缺乏细节使PIAB及其项目难以辨认。在另一些情况下，大量细节淹没了作者的目标，甚至可能使PIAB变得比承诺的有趣。最后，作者的分析和结论提出了一些令人信服的冲突和有趣的教训。
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