A new biography of James Jesus Angleton by Edward Jay Epstein that asks the question: was he right after all? Angleton was the legendary head of CIA counterintelligence during most of the Cold War.. In May 1987, in one of his last phone calls, he told Dick Cheney, who was then a member of the House Intelligence Committee, that he needed to tell him in person something of vital importance. Even though Angleton died before the scheduled meeting, taking this secret to the grave with him, his mystery lived on.
John Le Carre could not have invented a character as intriguing as Angleton. He was ridiculed in the media, Congress, and in the CIA itself, when his mole hunt failed to find a spy in the CIA Investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein tells of his rise, fall, and the astounding revelations that emerged in the CIA after his death. Epstein .spent hundreds of hours interviewing him to understand the mind of this unique mind warrior. He met with him in orchid greenhouses in Kensington, Maryland, dining clubs in Washington DC, and his home in Tucson, Arizona to follow the convoluted layers of his universe of deception. Epstein also was one of the few journalist to interview his arch nemesis: Yuri Nosenko. In this extraordinary book, he sets out to answer a single question: Was Angleton right that the CIA had been penetrated?
Along the way we also learn much about the CIA and KGB during the cold war years, including:
+ Why KGB defector Yuri Nosenko was imprisoned by the CIA ...
+ What was Angleton’s role in the CIA assassination plots against Castro ...
+ How the CIA allowed the KGB to disinform two Presidents.
+ What weaknesses KGB spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen exposed in the CIA
John Le Carre could not have invented a character as intriguing as Angleton. He was ridiculed in the media, Congress, and in the CIA itself, when his mole hunt failed to find a spy in the CIA Investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein tells of his rise, fall, and the astounding revelations that emerged in the CIA after his death. Epstein .spent hundreds of hours interviewing him to understand the mind of this unique mind warrior. He met with him in orchid greenhouses in Kensington, Maryland, dining clubs in Washington DC, and his home in Tucson, Arizona to follow the convoluted layers of his universe of deception. Epstein also was one of the few journalist to interview his arch nemesis: Yuri Nosenko. In this extraordinary book, he sets out to answer a single question: Was Angleton right that the CIA had been penetrated?
Along the way we also learn much about the CIA and KGB during the cold war years, including:
+ Why KGB defector Yuri Nosenko was imprisoned by the CIA ...
+ What was Angleton’s role in the CIA assassination plots against Castro ...
+ How the CIA allowed the KGB to disinform two Presidents.
+ What weaknesses KGB spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen exposed in the CIA
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| James Jesus Angleton |
Founded in 1947 as the Veterans of OSS by General William J. Donovan, The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society celebrates the historic accomplishments of the OSS during World War II, the first organized effort by the United States to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence and the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Special Operations Command. It educates the American public regarding the continuing importance of strategic intelligence and special operations to the preservation of freedom in this country and around the world.
The OSS Society and its predecessor, the Veterans of OSS, have sponsored, organized and participated in educational events and programs such as presentations to the Society by Gen. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by Gen. Wayne Downing, former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command; presentations of the prestigious William J. Donovan Award® to Presidents Reagan, Eisenhower, and George H.W. Bush; and Admiral Lord Mountbatten, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Admiral Eric Olson, USN (Ret.), Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, USA (Ret.), the Hon. Robert Gates, and Admiral William McRaven, USN (Ret.); and symposia with the U.S. Special Operations Command and other government agencies. It also presents four other awards: the John Singlaub Award, named in honor of the chairman of The OSS Society, which is presented to an active duty member of the U.S. Special Operations Command; the Hugh Montgomery Award, named in honor of The OSS Society's executive vice president, which is presented to a retired officer from the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service; the John Waller Award, named in honor of the previous chairman of The OSS Society, which recognizes achievement in OSS scholarship; and the Distinguished Service Award, which is presented to OSS veterans and other individuals who have made significant contributions to its operations or legacy.
The OSS Society offers research assistance in response to requests from historians, educators, students, US military and intelligence organizations, and descendants of OSS veterans. The OSS Society provides speakers to a wide array of groups and has established OSS memorials throughout the United States and in Europe. The OSS Society Journal is made available to members of the U.S. intelligence community and U.S. Special Operations Forces. The OSS Society plans to build a museum that will educate the American public about OSS and its successor organizations.
The OSS Society and its predecessor, the Veterans of OSS, have sponsored, organized and participated in educational events and programs such as presentations to the Society by Gen. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by Gen. Wayne Downing, former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command; presentations of the prestigious William J. Donovan Award® to Presidents Reagan, Eisenhower, and George H.W. Bush; and Admiral Lord Mountbatten, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Admiral Eric Olson, USN (Ret.), Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, USA (Ret.), the Hon. Robert Gates, and Admiral William McRaven, USN (Ret.); and symposia with the U.S. Special Operations Command and other government agencies. It also presents four other awards: the John Singlaub Award, named in honor of the chairman of The OSS Society, which is presented to an active duty member of the U.S. Special Operations Command; the Hugh Montgomery Award, named in honor of The OSS Society's executive vice president, which is presented to a retired officer from the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service; the John Waller Award, named in honor of the previous chairman of The OSS Society, which recognizes achievement in OSS scholarship; and the Distinguished Service Award, which is presented to OSS veterans and other individuals who have made significant contributions to its operations or legacy.
The OSS Society offers research assistance in response to requests from historians, educators, students, US military and intelligence organizations, and descendants of OSS veterans. The OSS Society provides speakers to a wide array of groups and has established OSS memorials throughout the United States and in Europe. The OSS Society Journal is made available to members of the U.S. intelligence community and U.S. Special Operations Forces. The OSS Society plans to build a museum that will educate the American public about OSS and its successor organizations.
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