First published 2024
Kevin Shipp spent his career working across all four CIA Directorates, including assignments protecting the agency's director. Now he reveals how America's premier intelligence organization has abandoned its core mission of delivering accurate intelligence to the president. Shipp traces the agency's history from its founding through modern operations like Project Mockingbird, which manipulated journalists, to current efforts involving the Center for Global Engagement and Big Tech partnerships. He examines how CIA directors have either strengthened or weakened national security through their leadership decisions. The veteran agent details the agency's methods for silencing whistleblowers and maintaining control through secret partnerships with major corporations, Wall Street, mainstream media, drug networks, and political blackmail operations. Shipp shares his personal experience with the CIA, including both positive contributions and the agency's retaliation when he became a whistleblower. He and co-author Kent Heckenlively document how brave individuals continue exposing these shadow operations through alternative media and independent platforms. Shipp concludes with his comprehensive reform plan designed to restore the agency's original purpose while maintaining effective defense against foreign threats.
Genres: history, political-science, politics, non-fiction, 21st-century, government
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: conspiracy, government-corruption
384 pages · Hardcover · Skyhorse