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. He committed perjury and obstructed the JFK assassination investigation.
He abetted a scheme to aid Israel’s own nuclear efforts, disregarding U.S. He launched mass surveillance by opening the mail of hundreds of thousands of Americans. He unwittingly shared intelligence secrets with Soviet spy Kim Philby, a member of the notorious Cambridge spy ring. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. "The best book ever written about the strangest CIA chief who ever lived." - Tim Weiner, National Book Award-winning author of Legacy of AshesĪ revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades.ĬIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. The author of Our Man in Mexico, a biography of the CIA’s Mexico City station chief Winston Scott, Morley has written about intelligence, military, and political subjects for Salon, The Atlantic, and The Intercept, among others. JEFFERSON MORLEY is a journalist and editor who has worked in Washington journalism for over thirty years, fifteen of which were spent as an editor and reporter at The Washington Post. About The Ghost: The Secret Life Of CIA Spymaster James
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