“I don’t deny for a minute that there are a lot well meaning, patriotic Americans serving the CIA in the field.”
And obviously none in leadership or in the Intel/Anaylsis or Sci/Tech Directorates? Just in Clandestine Service?
Been reading too many Vince Flynn novels? Why not try Gates’ “From the Shadows” Could balance the perspective.
The book I am currently reading is NOT a novel. Are you familiar with it? It is the real deal. I rarely read fiction. There is a lot of info on folks like Valery Plame and Joe Wilson and other liberal activists who have permanent jobs in our government.