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United States Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government.
It is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers.
It is the successor of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) formed...
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Robert Baer
Robert "Bobby" Baer (born July 1, 1952) is an author and former case officer at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Baer was born in Los Angeles and raised in Aspen, Colorado, and aspired to become a professional skier. After a poor academic...
Killing Hope
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions since World War II is a history book on covert CIA operations and U.S. military interventions during the second half of the 20th century, written by former State Department employee William Blum....
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- 2003
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All the Shah's Men
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror is a book written by American journalist Stephen Kinzer. The book discusses the 1953 CIA backed coup in which Mohammed Mossadegh, Iran's prime minister, was overthrown by...
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War Against Terrorism is a 2003 memoir by Robert Baer, a former CIA case officer in the Directorate of Operations. Baer begins with his upbringing in the US and Europe and continues with a...
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- Jan 7, 2003
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The CIA and September 11
The CIA and September 11 (German: Die CIA und der 11. September) is a controversial 2003 book by Andreas von Bülow, a former state-secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defence and an SPD member of the German parliament from 1969 to 1994. The...
Overthrow
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq is a book published in 2006 by award-winning New York Times foreign correspondent and author Stephen Kinzer about the United States's involvement in the overthrow of foreign...
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Lindsay Moran
Lindsay Moran (born 18 December 1969) is a former clandestine officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and has applied the moniker of spy to herself. She's also a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The...
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA
At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA is a memoir co-written by former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet with Bill Harlow, former CIA Director of Public Affairs. The book was released on April 30, 2007 and outlines...
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- Apr 30, 2007
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Age of Secrets
Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes is a biography on Howard Hughes personal advisor, and former U.S. Senate Candidate, John H. Meier and written by newspaper reporter Gerald Bellett. The...
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- 1995
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CIA in fiction and the movies
Espionage and secret operations have long been a source of fiction, and the real and perceived United States Central Intelligence Agency is a source of many books, movies and video games. Some fiction may be historically based, or will refer to less...
Cult of intelligence
The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence is a 1974 controversial non-fiction political book written by Victor Marchetti, a former special assistant to the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and John D. Marks, a former officer of the...
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- Jun 12, 1974
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The Way of the World
The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism is a 2008 non-fiction book by Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, describing various actions and policies of the George W. Bush Administration. Most notably, it alleges...
Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy and Other Misadventures
Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy and Other Misadventures is a book by Lindsay Moran.
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- Jan 2005
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Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA
Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA is a book by Jefferson Morley.
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- Feb 2008
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The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America
The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America is a book by Hugh Wilford.
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- Jan 2008
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Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War
Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War is a book by Bob Drogin.
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- Oct 2007
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The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is a book by Francine Mathews.
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- 2002
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Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence is a book by Stansfield Turner.
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- Oct 2005
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A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency
A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency is a book by Richard Helms and William Hood.
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- Apr 2003
