By Ronald Kessler
Ronald Kessler's explosive bestseller, "The FBI," introduced down FBI Director William S. periods. Now, during this extraordinary paintings of investigative journalism, Kessler unearths the internal global of the CIA. in response to large study and hundreds and hundreds of interviews, together with with lively administrators of valuable Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with 3 former DCI's "Inside The CIA" is the 1st in-depth, independent account of the Agency's center operations, its abject mess ups, and its resounding successes. Kessler unearths how: CIA analysts botched the task of foreseeing the Soviet economy's collapsethe enterprise spies on each kingdom on this planet other than nice Britain, Australia, and Canadathe CIA undertakes covert motion to steer or overthrow overseas governments or political partiesthe corporation trains its officials to damage the legislation of alternative international locations "Inside The CIA" is a unprecedented advisor to the world's so much winning condominium of spies.
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Fuller; Robert M. Gates; Clair E. George; Cathie Gill; Lt. Gen. Daniel O. Graham; John K. Greaney; James W. Greenleaf; Howard W. Gutman; Samuel Halpern; Howard P. Hart; William T. Hassler; Richard Helms; Allan Bruce Hemmings; Herbert E. Hetu; William Hood; Eugene J. Horan; John B. Hotis; Dr. Lee S. Houchins; Lawrence R. Houston; Col. David L. Huxsoll; and Roland Inlow. Adm. Bobby R. Inman; Donald F. B. Jameson; Louise R. (Lisa) Jameson; F. Peter Jessup; Paul Joyal; D. Barry Kelly; Charles M. Kerr; Richard J.
Author’s Note My introduction to the spy business came in the fall of 1986, when Regardie’s, a Washington magazine, asked me to write a piece about an espionage case that had been investigated by the FBI. Having written off and on about the FBI for twenty years, I knew a good deal about the bureau but nothing about its counterintelligence program, which entails catching spies. To my surprise, the FBI’s Washington Metropolitan Field Office allowed me to interview the agents who had worked on the spy case and go out in their cars as they checked out Soviet establishments.
S. government. Soon, his Vermont license plates, “Senate 2,” arrived in the mail. A few days later, Leahy pulled into the driveway of his home just as a neighbor whose children played with Leahy’s children was returning from work. The man came over and looked at the plate, then looked at Leahy. 8 Nowadays, unless they work under cover, employees of the noncovert directorates may acknowledge they work for the CIA. Undercover operations officers who say they work for a particular agency such as the Defense Department are given cover telephone numbers, a briefing on their cover, and a written description of the office they allegedly work for.