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 action-oriented aspects, such as intelligence analysis (e.g., the main character of several of Tom Clancy's books is Jack Ryan, or counterintelligence (e.g., several works involving characters modeled...
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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 action-oriented aspects, such as intelligence analysis (e.g., the main character of several of Tom Clancy's books is Jack Ryan, or counterintelligence (e.g., several works involving characters modeled after James Jesus Angleton).
The film Charlie Wilson's War, released in December 2007, gives a popular account of the efforts of U.S. Congressman Charles Wilson to secure funding for CIA's Operation Cyclone giving covert assistance to Afghan rebels during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. This film gives the CIA a positive portrayal, while finishing with a muted scolding of Congress for funding the war but not funding subsequent peacetime reconstruction. This lack of funding for reconstruction, or what are called Operations Other Than War (OOTWA...
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