Beyond Repair The Decline And Fall Of The Cia

by Faddis, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780762761234
• ISBN10: 0762761237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-04
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

NOW IN PAPERBACK! An insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay * "A devastating portrait of the agency's culture--with details that only an insider would know." --David Ignatius, Washington Postcolumnist and author of Body of Lies "Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading." -- Publishers Weekly(starred review) Once upon a time, the CIA took the risks necessary to protect America. "If you fall," went its mantra, "fall forward." In Beyond Repair,one of the agency's most respected former operatives mounts a scathing cri#xAD;tique of the preparedness of today's CIA--and, spe#xAD;cifically, the Directorate of Operations at its core--to defend America against the dizzying dangers of the twenty-first century. In a compelling blend of analy#xAD;sis and fascinating true-life stories, Charles S. Faddis argues that the CIA has devolved into a low-risk or, often, no-risk bureaucracy of careerists whose mantra might be summed up thus: "Don't fall." He discusses the birth of the CIA, how the agency works from the inside out, why things have gone awry--and how to go about building a new entity that will maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night.

Author Biography

Charles S. Faddis served twenty years in the Central Intelligence Agency as an operations officer, holding positions as a department chief at the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center in Washington, D.C., and as a chief of station in the Middle East. He is the author of Willful Neglect and the coauthor of Operation Hotel California (both Lyons Press). He lives in Davidsonville, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Donovan Would Not Make It	p. 9
Leadership?	p. 32
Calcification	p. 52
Define Elite	p. 70
Political Football	p. 88
The legion	p. 103
Everybody into the Pool	p. 114
If One Cook is Good, Ten Must Be Better	p. 134
A New OSS	p. 144
Endnotes	p. 169
Glossary	p. 172
Index	p. 178
About The Author	p. 184
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