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Inside the C.I.A.

Auteur(s): Ronald Kessler
Narrateur(s): Chris Lane
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 In this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Ronald Kessler reveals the inner world of the C.I.A. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former D.C.I.s, Inside the C.I.A. is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes.©1992 by Ronald Kessler (P)1998 by Blackstone Audiobooks Amériques Militaire Politique True Crime

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"This tour is never dull, especially since it features so much .007 gadgetry, from water-spraying silent drills to eavesdropping devices that work by zapping laser beams through windows." (Los Angeles Times)
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Overall, a good book with lots of history on the CIA from it’s inception to ‘present day’ (published in 2000, so already dated by 25+ years). For espionage enthusiasts though, there are lots of juicy details.
To be honest, I found the last 15 minutes of the book go be most revealing: if the tone and language of the book cloaked how the author feels about the CIA (which it largely did), he let loose at the end. Incompetence, fearful, dumping ground, a joke, blasé attitude, lacking in expertise, arrogance, lack of ability, unreal atmosphere, immune from accountability, princes, exclusive club, unfathomable disasters, excludes outsiders, waste of time and money, insulating, consider ‘security to be dreary’, misled, a failure, blunders, sloppiness, gross negligence, precious, self-interest, air of indifference, catastrophes, lack of leadership, and declining credibility, were among the scathing criticisms that concluded the book. The FBI is lauded.

Interesting… and in the end, scathing

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