It is, I regret to say, not true to the facts in many respects. The CIA was set up by me for the sole purpose of getting all the available information to the President. It was not intended to operate as an international agency engaged in strange activities. Sincerely yours, Harry Truman. And George Fenue, a KGB operative whom Reed describes, knew more about fellow CIA operatives than did Reed.
Government secrecy is nothing new to mankind.
Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.