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presidents, CIA directors, and secret intelligence
By Stansfield, Turner & Turner, Stansfield
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-78686-782-0
- Publisher
- New York : Hyperion, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2005
The war on terrorism has made critical the timely and accurate collection of secret intelligence in order to prevent another 9/11. These two informed works demonstrate that since the CIA's founding in 1947 intelligence gathering has often been neither. Barrett (political science, Villanova Univ.; Uncertain Warriors: Lyndon Johnson and His Vietnam Advisers ), offers the first book about the CIA's relationship with Congress from 1947 to 1961, a period that he calls "intelligence oversight's dark ages." This is a fascinating, scholarly appraisal of the interaction between the directors of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Congress. Tensions were often inflamed because legislators were asked to support the CIA's covert operations with only limited knowledge due to nec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
