The Ghost

The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton

De: Jefferson Morley

Narrado por: John Pruden

From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. He unwittingly shared intelligence secrets with Soviet spy Kim Philby, a member of the notorious Cambridge spy ring. He launched mass surveillance by opening the mail of hundreds of thousands of Americans. He abetted a scheme to aid Israel's own nuclear efforts, disregarding US security. He committed perjury and obstructed the JFK assassination investigation. He oversaw a massive spying operation on the antiwar and black nationalist movements and he initiated an obsessive search for communist moles that nearly destroyed the Agency.

In The Ghost, investigative reporter Jefferson Morley tells Angleton's dramatic story, from his friendship with the poet Ezra Pound through the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington to the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate scandal. From the agency's MKULTRA mind-control experiments to the wars of the Mideast, Angleton wielded far more power than anyone knew. Yet, during his seemingly lawless reign in the CIA, he also proved himself to be a formidable adversary to our nation's enemies, acquiring a mythic stature within the CIA that continues to this day.

©2017 Jefferson Morley (P)2017 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Secrecy Kills Democracy

Jefferson Morley has dawn every tax payer and citizen a great service through this work. His skill at turning complex research into accessible narrative benefits both the dilettante and expert readers alike.

If you work in government or politics, this is mandatory reading. I wish it was available 30 years ago when I started my career.

This is a well written story of a fascinating man

This is a well written story of a fascinating man. Morley exposes crimes against the country but puts the man in context both personal and historical.

Well-written, effectively organized

A welcome addition to the best books about Angleton and the CIA, with a fair amount of new material about these subjects.

Eye opening

Let’s you see how we got here and reveals multiple lies we have been told for 70 years.

Traitor

Turns out this low life was a traitor. Many of tge political low life's like Dick Cheney