The Wizards Of Langley Inside The Cia's Directorate Of Science And Technology

by Richelson, Jeffrey T.

• ISBN13: 9780813340593
• ISBN10: 0813340594
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-05
• Publisher: BASIC BOOKS

Summary

In this, the first full-length study of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Jeffrey T. Richelson walks us down the corridors of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and through the four decades of science, scientists, and managers that produced the CIA we have today. He tells a story of amazing technological innovation in service of intelligence gathering, of bitter bureaucratic infighting, and sometimes, as in the case of its "mind-control" adventure, of stunning moral failure. Based on original interviews and extensive archival research,The Wizards of Langleyturns a piercing lamp on many of the agency's activities, many never before made public.

Author Biography

Jeffrey T. Richelson received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester in 1975, and has taught at the University of Texas, Austin, and the American University, Washington. A senior fellow at the National Security Archive in Washington, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Unexpected Missions	p. 1
False Start	p. 39
A New Beginning	p. 67
Space Reconnaissance Wars	p. 102
Change of Command	p. 131
Empire	p. 161
Cracks in the Empire	p. 194
Breaking Down Barriers	p. 222
A New World	p. 243
Agile Intelligence	p. 264
Uncertain Future	p. 280
DS&T Components	p. 293
DS&T Leadership	p. 295
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. 299
Notes	p. 303
Sources	p. 355
Index	p. 373
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