Inside the CIA

Revealing the Secrets of the World's Most Powerful Agency “This tour is never dull, especially since it features so much 007 gadgetry, from water-spraying silent drills to eavesdropping devices that work by zapping laster beams through windows.” —The Los Angeles Times Ronald Kessler's explosive bestseller, The FBI, brought down FBI Director William S. Sessions. Now, in this unparalleled work of investigative journalism, Kessler reveals the inner world of the CIA. Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including two with active Directors of Central Intelligence, William H. Webster and Robert M. Gates, and with three former DCI's Inside the CIA is the first in-depth, unbiased account of the Agency's core operations, its abject failures, and its resounding successes Kessler reveals how: •CIA analysts botched the job of foreseeing the Soviet economy's collapse •the Agency spies on every country in the world except Great Britain, Australia, and Canada •the CIA undertakes covert action to influence or overthrow foreign governments or political parties •the Agency trains its officers to break the laws of other countries Inside the CIA is an extraordinary guide ot the world's most successful house of spies. “Mr. Kessler has written an overview that my spook friends say is an accurate account of the way the Agency does its business.”—Joseph C. Goulden, Washington Times “…definitely one of the most important books on the U.S. intelligence community in some years.”—Booklist Expanded and updated: Includes details of the CIA's colossal incompetence that allowed Aldrich Ames to spy for eight years