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Esta obra narra la historia de dos jóvenes amigas Barrie y Collette ligadas cada una a su modo a los ambientes capitalinos de Washington: Collette como funcionaria del Departamento de Estado Barrie como directora de una agencia literaria. Lo que no quiere decir que no tengan además otras actividades y obligaciones bastante más apasionantes. Como las que llevan a una de ellas a encontrar una trágica muerte.En su afán por descubrir las razones de aquel inexplicable asesinato su amiga iniciará una agitada peregrinación que la llevará a ambientes tan distintos como el Budapest estrechamente controlado por los soviéticos las instalaciones del cuartel general de la CIA en Langley las islas paradisíacas del Caribe Londres Nueva York... Y sin saberlo se embarcará en una aventura en la que encontrará mezclados el amor y la violencia y en la que ambas cosas van a resultarle igualmente peligrosas.

The ultimate, comprehensive guide to official country data and statistics, from the world's most sophisticated intelligence-gathering organization. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The CIA World Factbook 2022 - 2023 offers complete and up-to-date information on the world's nations. This comprehensi-ve guide is packed with data on countries' politics, populations, economics, and environment for 2022 and looks ahead to 2023. The CIA World Factbook 2022 -2023 includes the following for each country : - Geopolitical maps, - Population statistics, with details on languages, religions, literacy rates, age structure, HIV prevalence, and much more. Up-to-date-data on military expenditures and capabilities. Geography information, including climate and natural hazards. Details on prominent political figures and parties. Contact information for diplomatic missions. Facts on transportation, trade, and communication infrastructure. Also included are appendices with useful abbrevations, international environmental agreements, international organizations and groups, terror organizations, and more. Originally intended for use by government officials and policymakers as well as the broader intelligence community, this is a mus-have resource for students, travelers, journalists, and anyone with a desire to know more about their world. The Central Intelligence Agency is an independent agency responsible for providing objective intelligence and analysis to senior US policymakers, including the president and the National Security Council. The CIA is divided into five basic components: the Directorate of Analysis, the Directorate of Operations (formerly the National Clandestine Service), the Directorate of Digital Innovation, the Directorate of Science & Technology, and the Directorate of Support. The CIA's headquarters are located in Langley, Virginia.

I'll pass on a second read

While it has some interesting things concerning the CIA it doesn’t even compare to "Spy the Lie," which is why I bought the book in the first place.

The Freedom Fighter’s Manual is the comic book version of the 1944 OSS Simple Sabotage Field Manual. It was distributed in Nicaragua by the Contras during their war against the Sandinistas.
Unlike the OSS manual, the CIA version was distributed directly to would-be saboteurs. Consequently, its tone is different from the OSS manual, which was intended to train the trainers. It has been updated, of course. There is no material on sabotaging steam locomotives in this one. It also has much less detail on sabotaging machinery, probably because destroying Nicaragua’s heavy industry was not a key goal of the war effort. There is some new information, such as pulling down telephone wires with a homemade grappling hook.
The use of Molotov cocktails and other less than discrete methods of sabotage are advocated. The OSS precursor was much more concerned with deniability on the part of the resisting population. Apparently, collateral damage was of less concern to the CIA, although to be fair (to both sides), the Gestapo was a much more efficient and fearsome enemy than the Sandinistas.

Well, so much for "fake news" and the silliness of conspiracy theories! My cousin, who used to be NSA, had already hinted at the CIA's attitudes and practices as depicted here, and all those click-bait YouTube videos proclaim them outright, but here's a realistic account by someone in the know.

Collette Cahil works for the CIA in Hungary. Her good friend, Barrie, is a courier, who is murdered. Collette is asked to look into it and discovers the dark side of the CIA. Not the best but I liked it.

Collette Cahill works for the CIA in Budapest, Hungary. Her good friend, Barrie Mayer, is murdered and Cahill looks into it and finds the negative side of CIA. Her suspects are all members of the CIA so it's tough to know who is lying. I like Truman's books.

1983-1992

Missing 1990

Reading these with my Mom.
A favorite series.
Great mysteries and great insight into behind the scenes Washington DC.
I'm reading them ALL.
Read in 2005.

given tha t the author probably knows more about the cia than any other person i was dusappointed about how flat this book was.

The CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html) is a publication of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, updated biweekly. It provides information about all countries recognized by the United States, including a brief background of the country, geography, demographics, government, economy, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issues. The extensive information is organized in bullet points under each category. The individual categories are collapsed until the user clicks on them, reducing the amount of clutter and information overload that would be possible with so much information presented on one page. Appendices provide information about international organizations and groups and selected international environmental agreements. This comprehensive, well-organized source is highly recommended for high school students, especially as a resource for social studies classes where access to up-to-date demographic and political information about foreign nations is critical.½

Although generated by the CIA students looking for quick facts about a given country are given information that is current on topics that include geography, people, economy, governement and other topics. There is also an appendix that contains valuable information such as international organizations and weights and measurements. This would be a good starting point to find the basic facts. Students could then go to other sources for further information.

A really handsome edition. However, I have only opened it once or twice. Hm.

A tremendously good book in it's authenticity. It exhibits the insides of a secret organization such as the CIA.

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