The Unknown CIA: My Three Decades with the AgencyThe Unknown CIA brings readers into the world of the scholars, researchers, and analysts who provide the facts upon which U.S. national security decisions are based, revealing what working for "the Company" is really like. |
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... asked what the U.S. Army detachment regarded as its first priority mission upon the outbreak of war . " To evacuate our dependents down the LOC [ line of communication ] to Leghorn , Italy , " he said . " How long is that LOC ? " he was ...
... asked what the U.S. Army detachment regarded as its first priority mission upon the outbreak of war . " To evacuate our dependents down the LOC [ line of communication ] to Leghorn , Italy , " he said . " How long is that LOC ? " he was ...
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... asked . I explained that we ourselves were seeing the completed briefing for the first time but would shortly have something to tell them . A little later I gave the briefing to them in the form the three heads of state would hear it ...
... asked . I explained that we ourselves were seeing the completed briefing for the first time but would shortly have something to tell them . A little later I gave the briefing to them in the form the three heads of state would hear it ...
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... asked the right questions to get searching , insightful answers . He respected our analysis and our objectivity even when most uncongenial to his own goals and undertakings . On most occasions before departing on one of his many trips ...
... asked the right questions to get searching , insightful answers . He respected our analysis and our objectivity even when most uncongenial to his own goals and undertakings . On most occasions before departing on one of his many trips ...
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