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A lively account . . . combines the derring-do of old-fashioned spycraft with thoughtful meditations on the future of warfare and intelligence work. It deserves to be read.
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The Washington Post
“Offer[s] an exceptionally deep glimpse into the CIA’s counte"terrorism"operations in the last decade of the twentieth century.” —
Harper’s
A legendary CIA spy and counte"terrorism"expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career
Revelatory and groundbreaking,
The Art of Intelligence
will change the way people view the CIA, domestic and foreign intelligence, and international"terrorism" Henry A. “Hank” Crumpton, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, offers a thrilling account that delivers profound lessons about what it means to serve as an honorable spy. From CIA recruiting missions in Africa to pioneering new programs like the UAV Predator, from running post–9/11 missions in Afghanistan to heading up all clandestine CIA operations in the United States, Crumpton chronicles his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.