by Jack Devine
This project started rather serendipitously. Vernon Loeb, an old friend and journalist with The Washington Post, came up with the idea. Several years earlier he had written in his newspaper a Style Section article about me and my time in Chile during the Allende and Pinochet era. I had confidence in him because of his professionalism in handling this story, and consequently was receptive to his suggestion that I expand on this and turn my career experience into a book. He also was aware of my continuing concerns about the CIA mission and the use of covert action as an important tool of statecraft. He also knew that I had been unhappy for some time about what was being written about this subject by non-practitioners.
With that as a backdrop, Vernon introduced me to the Wylie Agency, which worked with us in crafting a book proposal that was circulated among a group of select publishers. Since then Andrew Wylie has been a terrific supporter and promoter of the book.
In response to our proposal, I was delighted when Sarah Crichton at Farrar, Straus and Giroux expressed a strong interest in publishing the book. I can’t say enough about her extraordinary encouragement, support, and professional skill in driving the manuscript and the approach behind it—all in a brilliant style. Likewise, it is hard to properly give credit to Vernon, who was the key player in developing the theme and richly editing the manuscript. His editing skills were particularly important when we decided near the end of the drafting to move from a chronological to a thematic approach, which meant manipulating a great deal of information and organizing it into a fluid read. He performed superbly in this challenge.
Stanley Arkin, my partner at The Arkin Group (TAG), and his wife, Suzanne, provided terrific support and contributed many insightful thoughts and suggestions to the text. The TAG staff were amazing in their willingness to give of their time, energy, and intelligence to research data, interview sources, and draft commentary about them and other substantive themes. Whitney Kassel, Amanda Mattingly, Susan Varisco, along with my talented and good-humored assistant, Stephanie Danyi, provided invaluable assistance in whipping this book into shape. Also, Pat Loeb, Mark Christopher, David Segalini, Aaron Springer, and Jorgen Augustenborg played very helpful roles in interviewing, researching, and helping to enhance the text.
I should also note that throughout the project I shared parts of the manuscript with friends and former colleagues as a sounding board about its content and readability. All of them in one form or another offered suggestions, observations, and friendly encouragement. The list is long and I hope I didn’t overlook anyone: Marty Roeber, John Hughes, Joseph Grimes, Jami Miscik, Ted Blumberg, Ray Warren, Milton Bearden, Ed Boring, Rachel Beers, Sue Terry, Helima Croft, Jerry Komisar, Carole Corcoran, Gordon Goldstein, Rollie Flynn, Ezra Field, Jim Campbell, and Mary Doran.
Finally, and above all, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to my wonderful wife, Pat, for her enthusiastic support of the project and for playing such a key role in molding my career and life. It also is worth underscoring that she was the toughest critic of the manuscript. She studied each word with laser vision to make sure that I “got it right.” Her comments were some of the most valuable by far, although delivered in such blunt terms that I had to wince before I laughed. Thank you for everything.
Index
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Abdulmutallab, Umar
accountability reviews
Afghanistan; al-Qaeda in; CIA covert war in; civil war; communist government; exit strategies; future of; heroin; Iraq War and; Karzai government; mountain passes; mujahideen; Obama policy; Soviet invasion of; Stinger issue; Taliban; tribal rivalries; U.S. war in
Afghan Task Force; Devine as head of
Africa; see also specific countries
African Division
Agee, Philip
AK-47s
Akhtar, Abdul Rahman
alias, use of
Allawi, Iyad
Allen, Charlie
Allende, Salvador; coup against
Alpirez, Julio Roberto
al-Qaeda; creation of
Al-Quds Al-Arabi
al-Shahwani, Mohammed Abdullah
ambassadors; CIA relationships with; A Coffin for Dimitrios
American Express
American Revolution
Ames, Aldrich; aftermath of scandal; alcoholism of; arrest of; Devine and; motivations of; as Soviet mole
Ames, Carleton
Ames, Nancy
Ames, Rosario
analysis; link
Anderson, Frank
Anderson, James E.
Andreotti, Giulio
Angleton, James Jesus
anthrax attacks
Arab Awakening
Argentina
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
Arkin, Stanley
Arkin Group, The (TAG); combination of intelligence and investigative work; domestic cases; identifying reliable sources; Iraq War and; 9/11 attacks and; staff
Arkin Solbakken LLP
Ash-Shiraa
assassination
Australia; intelligence
Avianca Flight 203 bombing
Avrakotos, Gust
background checks
Bagram Airfield
Bakhtiar, Shapour
Balkans
Bamaca, Efrain
Bangkok
Barry, Michael
Barzani, Masoud
Bay of Pigs invasion
BBC
Bearden, Milt
Beirut
Benchley, Peter
Bender, Tom
Benghazi, attack on U.S. consulate in
Bennett, Lansing
Berger, Sandy
Beria, Lavrentiy
Berlin Wall, fall of
Bernarda (maid)
Bible
bin Laden, Abdullah
bin Laden, Osama; anti-American fatwa of; killing of; 9/11 attacks and
biological and chemical weapons
bipolar disorder
Bismarck (horse)
black bag jobs
Black Leaf 40
black market
Blackwater USA
Bloch, Felix
Blowpipe
Bogotá
Boland Amendment
Bolivia
Bologna railway station massacre
Bonner, Robert C.
Boring, Ed
Bosnia; Clinton policy
Bramson, Brian
Brant, Jay
Brazil
break-ins
Brennan, John O.; as CIA director; Devine and
Broadwell, Paula
Broe, William V.
Brugger, Frederick
brush pass
bubble
Buckley, William
Buenos Aires
bugging
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Security Service
Burma
“burn notice”
Burton, Tim
Busby, Morris
Bush, George H. W.; CIA policy; drug war; Haiti policy
Bush, George W.; Iraq War; WMD debacle
Cairo
Calder, Dick
Calderón, Felipe
Cali Cartel
camera, concealed
Canada
capitalism
car bombings
Carns, Michael P. C.
Carter, Jimmy; CIA policy; covert war in Afghanistan; Haiti and; human rights policy
Casey, William; as CIA director; death of; Devine and; Iran-Contra and
Castaño, Carlos
Castro, Fidel; assassination plan; in Chile
Catholicism
Catholic Relief Services
CBRN detection
Central America; Iran-Contra affair; see also specific countries
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); accountability reviews; acting and; ADDO leadership; Allawi/al-Shahwani program; Ames arrest; analyzing management data; Bin Laden killed; Brennan as director of; budget; George H. W. Bush policy; buying sources’ cooperation; Carter policy; Casey as director of; centralization; Church Committee investigation; “clientitis”; Clinton policy; CNC-Latin American Division overlap; as “the Company” in Latin America; compartmentalization practices; Congressional oversight of; counternarcotics mission; coup against Allende and; covert war in Afghanistan; criteria for success; Cuba and; culture of; –Defense Department interplay; Deutch as director of; Devine’s early career; DI-DO integration plan; downsizing; drug war; the Farm; food; French intelligence dispute; future of; Gates as director of; Guatemala incident; Haiti and; Hollywood caricatures of; Homeland and; Iran-Contra affair; Iraq and; Kansi attack on Langley; KGB and; Langley headquarters; leadership transitions; liason partners; linear strategy; militarization of; mole hunts; mujahideen backed by, of 1960s; of 1970s; of 1980s; of 1990s; Nixon policy; Obama policy; Petraeus as director of; phony information; political firings; post-Ames atmosphere; in post-Iraq and -Afghanistan world; post-9/11 reforms; promotion policy; Reagan policy; recruitment; relationships with ambassadors; return to traditional espionage; Rome operations; salaries; Saudi intelligence and; secrecy; State Department power struggles with; Stinger issue; strategic reform plan; strategic vision for the future; surveillance; Tenet as director of; tradecraft; training; traitors; Truman policy; U.S.-Iran arms-for-hostages deal; Webster as director of; WMD intelligence; Woolsey as director of; see also covert operations; specific agent, divisions, and operations
centralization
Chalabi, Ahmad
Charlie Wilson’s War (movie)
Cheney, Dick
Chertoff, Michael
Chiarella, Vincent
Chicago
Chile; cacerolas; Christian Democrats; coup against Allende; Devine in; economy; food shortages; media; MIR; Pinochet government; politics; truckers’ strike; U.S. involvement in; women
Chilean Special Forces
Chile Mafia
Chile Task Force
China; economy; negotiating with; stolen intellectual property; Tiananmen Square uprising; weapons
Church, Frank
Church Committee
Ciccipio, Joseph
civilian casualties
civil liberties
clandestine meeting preparation
Clandestine Service; see also specific divisions
Clark, William P., Jr.
Clarridge, Dewey; Iran-Contra and; A Spy for All Seasons
“clientitis”
Clinton, Bill; Bosnia policy; CIA policy; Haiti policy; human rights policy; Iraq policy
Clinton, Hillary
Coast Guard
cocaine
CODEL
code phrases
Cohen, Dave
Cohen, William
Cold War; covert war in Afghanistan; end of
Colombia; drug war; Los Pepes; politics
Commission on the Truth for El Salvador
communications; bugged; code phrases; CRITIC; e-mail; foreign languages and; link analysis and; satellite phones; social media; SRAC; training
communism; fall of; Italian; Soviet
competitive intelligence
Congo
Congress; bipartisan support; covert war in Afghanistan ad; Haiti and; on Iran-Contra; oversight of CIA; war on drugs and
Connery, Sean
Contras; Iran-Contra affair
Copperfield, David
corporate intelligence. See private intelligence
Council of International Investigators (CI)
counterintelligence; compartmentalization and; drug war; post-Ames atmosphere and; see also specific operations
Counterintelligence Division
Counter Narcotics Center (CNC); drug war; –Latin American Division overlap
Counterterrorism Center
Covert Action
covert operations; ADDO leadership and; adequate funding and staff for; in Afghanistan; Allawi/al-Shahwani program; Bin Laden killed; bipartisan support for; centralization; CNC–Latin American Division overlap; code phrases; coup against Allende and; criteria for success in; Defense Department–CIA interplay; drug war; French intelligence dispute and; funding; future of; Gladio; good vs. bad; Guatemala incident; in Haiti; Iran-Contra affair; leaks; legitimate enemy and; legitimate local partners and; money bribes; of 1960s; of 1970s; of 1980s; of 1990s; on-the-ground conditions and; paranoia and; phony information; policy suggestions; in post-Iraq and -Afghanistan world; post-9/11 reforms; proportionality and; recruitment; return to traditional espionage; in Rome; strategic vision for; surveillance; technology; Title 50 authority; Track II; training; see also specific operations
“Covert Operations of the United States Government” (report)
Covert Operations Study Group
Crile, George; Charlie Wilson’s War
Crimea
Crime and Narcotics Center
CRITIC
Croats
Crowley, Donald J.
Cuba; CIA and; economy; exile communities; intelligence; Revolution; Soviet Union and
Cubela, Rolando
Curveball
Customs, U.S.; drug war and
cyber threats
Dalton, Mark
Darling, Frank
Darra
data collection
Davidow, Jeffrey
Davis, Nathaniel
Dayton Accords
Dearlove, Richard
DeConcini, Dennis
defection
Defense Department; budget; –CIA interplay; drug war and; end-of-year funds
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Delta Force
Democratic Party
demolitions
Dempsey, Clifton
Deutch, John M.; as CIA director; Devine and
“developmental work”
Devine, Jack: ADDO leadership; as Afghan Task Force; Ames case and; Arkin Group and; awards of; background of; children of; in Chile; as CNC director; coup against Allende and; covert war in Afghanistan and; Cuba and; early CIA career; end of CIA career; Guatemala incident; Haiti and; at IGI; as Iran branch chief; Iran-Contra and; Iraq War foreseen by; KGB and; as Latin American Division chief; leaves ADDO position; marriage of; 9/11 attacks and; op-ed pieces by; physical appearance of; post-ADDO position of; in private intelligence business; private Mass with the pope; as Rome station chief; strategic reform plan; training of
Devine, Jim
Devine, Michael
Devine, Pat; in Chile; in Haiti; in Rome
Directorate General of Intelligence (DGI)
Directorate of Intelligence (DI); integration plan with DO
Directorate of Operations (DO); analyzing management data; Devine as ADDO of; integration plan with DI; post-Ames atmosphere; strategic reform plan
Directorate of Plans (DP)
documents, stolen
Dominican Popular Movement (MPD)
Dominican Republic
Donovan, William J.
Doolittle, Doug
Doran, Dick
Downing, Jack
Dreier, Marc
Drogin, Bob: Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War
drones; “long-dwell”
drug cartels; Cali; Medellín; Mexican; war on
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); drug war
drug war; cooperation among federal agencies; global; liason partners; linear strategy; Soviet Union and
Dunn, Bert
Earley, Pete: Confessions of a Spy
Eastern Europe; see also specific countries
East Germany
Egypt; Arab Awakening; weapons
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eliot, T. S.; “The Hollow Men”
Elizabeth II, Queen of
England
El Salvador
e-mail
end-of-year supplemental funding
Escobar, Pablo; hunt for; in prison
espionage; devices; instruction; return to traditional; see also covert operations; moles; specific spies, operations, and methods
Ethiopian Jews
Europe Division
exiles; Cuban; Haitian
explosives
Facebook
Falkland Islands war
false information
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); counterintelligence office; Russian moles in; war on drugs
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
Fiers, Alan
Financial Times
“fire-and-run” approach
Fitzgerald, Desmond
Flashman
Fleming, Ian: Casino Royale
Flight 434 bombing
Florida
Flynn, Rollie
Foley, Cardinal John
food: black market; Chilean shortages; contamination; Italian; Langley; mujahideen
Forbes magazine
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
foreign languages
Forrestal, USS
Fort A.P. Hill
Forte, Randall
Fort Meade
40 Committee
Foster, Gary
France; intelligence; politics; Resistance; weapons
Franco, Francisco
François, Michael
French Connection, The (movie)
French Guiana
Freud, Sigmund
Friendship Bridge
Frost, David
Galán, Luis Carlos
Gang of Eight
Gardner, Norm
Gates, Robert M.; as CIA director; Devine and
Gaviria, César
Gelbard, Robert
General Atomics
General Dynamics
Geneva Accords
George, Clair; death of; Iran-Contra affair and
Gerber, Burton Lee
Germany; fall of Berlin Wall; intelligence; Nazi; reunification
Ghorbanifar, Manucher
Gladio
globalization
Glomar Explorer
GNAT 750
Golden Boys (KGB)
Golitsyn, Anatoliy