But the revelations are not what is so captivating about this book, which reads much better in full length than in the excerpts which have appeared in newspapers and magazines. That and the deathbed scene in which Casey confesses to knowing of the diversion of profits from the Iran arms sales to the contras in Nicaragua are the most spectacular revelations in ''Veil'' and the focus of the extraordinary uproar Woodward has it right, Casey's penchantįor running risks cost 80 innocent people their lives when an ''off-the-books'' attempt to assassinate Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the spiritual leader of Hezbollah, Lebanon's Party of God, misfired. Casey had the instincts of a venture capitalist, but as Director of Central Intelligence he was playing not with money but with people's lives. That's what set him apart from ordinary believers like Secretary Of the CIA 1981-1987.'' Casey believed not only in the President's ''evil empire'' brand of anti-Communism but also in taking risks. ''I believed,'' Casey told Bob Woodward in the now disputed final scene of ''Veil: The Secret Wars WILLIAM CASEY, it seems, was the only member of the Reagan Cabinet who had the courage of the President's convictions. VEIL The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987.
He is the CBS News Pentagon correspondent and is working on a book on counterterrorism. Martin wrote ''A Wilderness of Mirrors,'' about the C.I.A. Section 7, Column 3 Book Review Deskīy DAVID C. October 18, 1987, Sunday, Late City Final Edition
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