Denial and deception
Subtitle: an insider's view of the CIA from Iran-contra to 9/11
By: Melissa Boyle Mahle.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence service -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-394) and index.
Table of contents: title: September 11, 2001. Intelligence failure; title: The Webster years (May 26, 1987-August 31, 1991). Iran-Contra legacy ; Directorate of operations ; Setting new standards; title: The Gates years (November 6, 1991-January 20, 1993). Confirmation of an insider ; A new vision ; Rethinking covert action ; The directorate of intelligence ; Post-Cold War convulsions; title: The Woolsey years (February 5, 1993-January 10, 1995). The technocrat and the new world order ; New directions ; Adrich Ames ; Doing less with less ; Woolsey's undoing; title: The Deutch years (May 10, 1995-December 15, 1996). The reluctant spy ; Politically correct espionage ; Al-Qa'ida dawns ; Mission alignment ; Unethical spies ; Turf and policy battles ; The CIA bites back; title: The Tenet years (July 11, 1997-July 11, 2004). A pleasant surprise ; War on terrorism ; The dark side ; Help wanted ; Failure ; Out of the foxhole; title: The years ahead. Epilogue.