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100 1  Moran, Christopher R.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Company confessions :|bsecrets, memoirs, and the CIA /
       |cChristopher Moran. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,|c2016. 
264  4 |c©2015 
300    xx, 346 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-332) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction -- I. If Walls Could Talk -- II. What Would 
       Walter Say? -- III. Blood Sport -- 1. Herbert Yardley: 
       Playing for High Stakes -- I. A 'Magnificent Book' -- II. 
       Codebreaker -- III. Outcast -- IV. Traitor? -- 2. Limited 
       Hangout -- I. Care of Devils -- II. The Rebirth of the US 
       Spy Memoir -- III. the Golden Age -- IV. Secrecy 
       Interrupted -- 3. Renegades and Whistle-blowers -- I. Time
       of Troubles -- II. Breaking the Brotherhood of Spies -- 
       III. 'The Agency's No. 1 Nemesis' -- 4. Winning Friends 
       and Influencing People -- I. Feeling the Heat -- II. The 
       Last Assignment -- III. The American Model of Intelligence
       -- 5. The Snepp Problem -- I. The PRB -- II. Institutional
       Disgrace -- III. Irreparable Harm -- IV. Double Standards 
       -- 6. The Helms Experiment: Righting and Writing the 
       Record -- I. Midlife Crisis -- II. 'The Man Who Kept the 
       Secrets' -- III. Fighting Back -- IV. Quasi-Official 
       History -- Epilogue: 21st-Century Disputes -- I. The 
       Honest Broker -- II. Tightening the Noose, Again -- III. 
       Confessions in the Digital Age. 
520    "Spies are supposed to keep quiet, never betraying their 
       agents nor discussing their operations. Somehow, this 
       doesn't apply to the CIA, which routinely vets, and 
       approves, dozens of books by former officers. Many of 
       these memoirs command huge advances and attract enormous 
       publicity. Take Valerie Plame, the CIA officer whose 
       identity was leaked by the Bush White House in 2003 and 
       who reportedly received $2 million for her book Fair Game.
       Or former CIA director George Tenet whose 2007 memoir 
       reached no. 2 in the Amazon bestseller list, beaten only 
       by the final Harry Potter novel. If the CIA director is 
       allowed to publish his story, it is little wonder that 
       regular agents are choosing to tell theirs. Company 
       Confessions delves into the motivations those spies that 
       write memoirs as well as the politics and policies of the 
       CIA Publication Review Board. Astonishing facts include: 
       the steps taken by the agency to counter such leaks 
       including breaking into publishing houses, putting authors
       on trial, and secretly authorizing pro-agency 'memoirs' to
       repair damage to its reputation. Based on interviews, 
       private correspondence, and declassified files, 
       Christopher Moran examines why America's spies are so 
       happy to spill the beans and looks at the damage done when
       they leak America's secrets."--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    "The absorbing and untold story of how the CIA, the 
       world's most famous and controversial intelligence agency,
       has managed the problem of whistleblowers and dealt with 
       the age-old puzzle of secrecy in an open society"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
610 10 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency|xOfficials and
       employees|vBiography. 
610 10 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency.|bPublications
       Review Board. 
650  0 Intelligence officers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPolitical Freedom & Security
       |xIntelligence.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY|zUnited States|x21st Century.|2bisacsh 
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