Inside the CIA

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	Inside the CIA
	by Ronald Kessler Sales Rank: 79868	~~List Price: $7.99~~ $7.99 At Amazon on 6-18-2008.

*Features* Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 400 pages Published by: Pocket February 1, 1994 Written in: English ISBN 10 Number: 067173458X ISBN 13 Number: 978-0671734589 Book Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches Weighs: 6.4 ounces *From Publishers Weekly* Kessler ( Escape from the CIA ), who is the first journalist to be accorded the full cooperation of the CIA, here reveals more about the agency's structure, policies and key personnel than any previous writer has. He defines the missions of the agency's five components--the director and the directorates of operations, science and technology, intelligence, and administration. Kessler explores such diverse subjects as the agency's employment policies (the CIA, he maintains, prefers aggressive, manipulative recruits willing to lie and to break the laws of foreign countries), the director's daily presidential briefing, the CIA's counter-narcotics efforts, the physical plant itself ("The CIA compound is indeed a spooky place") and the agency's struggle to create a viable public-relations policy. As to the agency's mandate, given the diminution of the Soviet threat, Kessler reports that the CIA is intensifying its effort to track nuclear proliferation, international drug trafficking and terrorism. A largely objective, evenhanded, highly informative survey. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. *From Library Journal* Kessler ( Escape from the CIA , LJ 5/15/91) returns to "the Company" to relate how it has evolved since the mid-1970s. Here, he describes the organizational structure of the CIA, along with the responsibilities and day-to-day routines of the different directorates. Some of the details, such as those regarding the location and operation of the CIA complex in Virginia, are very interesting. Kessler makes the point that intelligence agencies are vital in today's dangerous world and that the CIA is a big bureaucracy full of ordinary people trying to do a good job at a difficult and complex task. While it reveals no startling "secrets," Kessler's book is a good source of background information. Suitable for all intelligence collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/92. - Daniel K. Blewett, Loyola Univ. Lib., Chicago Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. *Reader Reviews* Kessler's Inside the CIA has more to say about the organization of the Agency than actual spycraft. As such it is hardly an interesting read - in fact, I would venture so far to say that it is downright dull. Kessler laboriously explains the table of organization of the CIA - what the 5 directorates are and what they do (in the abstract) with very little by way of specifics. The few interviews Kessler conducted in his preparation for this book were with former Directors - very little from the "men in the field." Most of the information Kessler presents can easily be found elsewhere, in a much abbreviated form, and at less cost than the book. If you are interested in a book about what the function of the CIA is and how it is organized to carry out its mission, this is the book for you. If you are interested in something about spycraft or are searching for stories about individual CIA operations, look elsewhere. In spite of its catchy title, you will be disappointed. Comment \| \| (Report this) Back To Top
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