The Secret History Of The CIA by author Joseph J. Trento:

[Bruce P. Brychek]

Thursday
03.12.2026
4:40 p.m.,
Chicago, Illinois time:

Dear Global Members and Readers:

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA, 2001 by author Joseph J. Trento with a New Introduction by the author.
Joseph J. Trento has been an investigative reporter since 1968. His landmark discoveries include the case
of the missing CIA official John Arthur Paisley and the role of the United States in secretly arming Iraq and
Iran. The author of WINDOWS, he works in Washington, D.C., where he is president of the Public Education
Centr, an incubator for important media stories.

"With THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA, Joe Trento has totally penetrated the CIA.
Plato Cacheris, defense attorney of Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.

"Today spy wars are conducted in sterile clean rooms by physicists, and mathematicians examining pixels
and dissecting algorithms. In his new book Joe Trento returns the reader to the vortex of the Cold War
when a spy's only weapons were wit, guile, deceit and treachery."
James Bamford, author of: A PRETEXT FOR WAR: 9/11, IRAQ, AND THE ABUSE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES.

"Must reading. Joe Trento has woven together the loves and lives of the mysterious men and women inside
the world's premier spy agency.. Sometimes they resemble the work of James Bond - and occasionally they
perform like the Keystone Cops."
Tom Jarriel, correspondent, ABC NEWS 20/20.

"Joseph J. Trento's character-driven history of the flawed and often destructive Central Intelligence Agency
profiles the men and women who have run the agency from its inception to the present era. Using his
formidable reporting skills, Trento dissects the agency's most important successes and failures, from its
role as opponent of the Soviet Empire to its works during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
As the facts pile up, the CIA proves itself to be an organization plagued by alcoholism, bitter antagonism,
and stifling bureaucracy. The result of more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews with
spies and double agents, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA penetrates the carefully orchestrated culture
of secrecy that has allowed the agency to suffer from the weaknesses of the highest members, away from
the media's scrutiny. Reaching conclusions that are as astonishing as they are impossible to dismiss, this
is a fascinating examination of some of the most colorful and deceitful personalities in the history of our
nation, and one that will forever alter our awareness not just of our intelligence services but of contemporary
American history.

Commentary by me:

Obviously I strongly recommend this book. But as I read it I always thought How would I create, organize,
and run the CIA ?

Of course we don't know what they knew or know. How fair is it to assume they should always reach a
level of perfection when they are still dealing with flawed human beings all around ?

What questions do you ask yourself ?

Are our assumptions correct ?

What is the Truth ?

If I be He, what thinks I of me ?

thoughts...
best...
bb.