I'm reading two books about the CIA at the same time! When one becomes too depressing, I go to the other one to get depressed in a different way. I've known for most of my life that the CIA did evil and misguided things, but I didn't know how dumb its agents were. You'd think Yale could have done a better job educating these men. But then George W. Bush went there. What happens when dumb, evil men have unlimited resources and no accountability? Read this book and find out:
The CIA has been good at buying and arming "friendly" governments and assassinating perceived enemies, but the agency has been tragically inept at gathering information about other countries, i.e. spying. No need to understand the culture or speak the language, just activate your hubris, kick-start your anti-communism, and get some covert action going.
Want to know what it's like to live in a CIA family in which your parents and all their friends are CIA-connected? Want to know how these people are connected?
JFK
Timothy Leary
Mary Pinchot Meyer
Then check out this book:
The CIA, viewed from the outside and the inside. Read and weep.
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