I'm interested in writing something about CIA safe houses and need to do some research. Are there any good books/docs/etc that detail how these safe houses worked and specifically about what it meant to be a CIA agent overseas? Thanks!
posted by You Guys Like 2 Party?
on May 15, 2013 -
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I was reading about psychic driving which is a CIA and psychotherapy technique to change human behavior. What I wonder is what kind of messages did they play to them? The same ones over and over? Different ones mixed together?
what kind of things did they say? Seeing as how it was done by Dr. D. Ewen Cameron at a legitimate University under the guise of legitimate psychiatric research , I would imagine he would have released peer reviewed medical journals detailing his techniques, their effectiveness ect including what messages he played to them. What I am particularity interested in is what kind of things were said on the tape they played
posted by john123357
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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What is the publication history of Philip Agee's Inside the Company: CIA Diary? Are European editions vastly different? Or, more to the point, are American versions censored?
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posted by history is a weapon
on Apr 10, 2013 -
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I'm a late-twenties adult finishing my BA a little late. I'm still a little unsure as to what I'd like to do, but I've always had an interest in solving crimes. What are my options for doing this as a career, preferably NOT for a local police department, at least in the long term?
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posted by ancient star
on Apr 1, 2013 -
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Please help me to remember where I saw this: A US agency (CIA?) captures/kills an Arab(?) terrorist(?) prince(?) (or South American drug lord?) but then makes it look like his plane crashed while taking off from a Caribbean(?) island so that their involvement is hidden and people don’t realise the CIA(?) knew he was a wrong 'un. Our hero(?) is in on the airplane plot but her/his colleague is suspicious about the crash and starts looking into it and finding holes in the story. I think they might have to kill the colleague to shut him up.
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posted by Gomoryhu
on Jan 30, 2013 -
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I love the TV show Homeland. It's very different from the kinds of things I'm normally into, but now I'm hooked. I would like to find some books that would scratch the same itch, to keep me going untl next season. Ideally I'd like non-fiction, because I'd like to learn more about how all this stuff goes down, but I realize that due to the nature of the topic, it's hard to get detailed non-fiction accounts. So I'm open to fiction if it isn't really over the top.
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posted by primethyme
on Jan 23, 2013 -
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How reliable is the idea of CIA introducing or dealing crack cocaine to poor black neighborhoods in the 1980s? How involved was the CIA in drug dealing in general?
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posted by PinkMoose
on Nov 9, 2012 -
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Torture by the CIA, specifically experimental/psychological torture, between about 1955 and 1985: how much more would CIA-funded lab psychologist
Donald Hebb have known about specific real-world practices/pervasiveness than the general public could know? Articles or books where I can research this (especially anything he wrote himself)?
posted by kalapierson
on Feb 2, 2012 -
1 answer
What fiction-genre books/movies are the most accurate in their depiction of the CIA and/or CIA-related activities?
posted by KChasm
on Oct 25, 2011 -
9 answers
A couple years ago I read a CIA or FBI manual about subversion in other countries. I believe it was written in the 1950s, and it focused on "mundane" subversion methods. I don't believe it was "The Official C.I.A. Manual of Trickery and Deception." Does anyone have any ideas what this could be?
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posted by ellaminnowpea
on Oct 22, 2011 -
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I finished reading Richard Belzer's hilarious book
UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Believe and it has gotten me interested in the JFK assassination. I then looked at a
YouTube video that basically used a computer sim that showed the shooting coming from the book depository. My main question: Can any mefite recommend a book or three (of the million written) on the subject that they enjoy and find convincing on the assassination? I am open to any suggestions. Feel free to share your thoughts on the subject.
posted by snap_dragon
on Apr 29, 2011 -
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I really like spy movies where the main character is trying to retire/extricate themselves from The Company. I've seen a bunch from the library, but which ones have I missed?
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posted by carsonb
on Apr 20, 2011 -
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Does working in US intelligence or for private firms closely integrated with US intelligence impact future international employment or citizenship?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 17, 2010 -
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Are there any institutions that, like the military, CIA, Foreign Service, and Peace Corps (and, I'm sure, parallel organizations in many countries, though I'm a US citizen myself) will give promising candidates terrific training in a language?
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posted by threeants
on Jun 21, 2010 -
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How can I learn about the history of the CIA? After hearing
Bob Baer on
Fresh Air, I've been reading Baer's books and became interested in the backstory. I started reading
Legacy of Ashes, but even to me, a garden-variety lefty, it seems biased against the CIA. Any suggestions for a more 'fair and balanced' account?
posted by lukemeister
on Nov 22, 2008 -
11 answers
Have the US or UK Governments ever formally acknowledged or apologised for their role in the 1953 Mossadegh/Iran coup?
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posted by wilful
on Jun 14, 2008 -
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What should I read to learn about espionage and World War II/start of the Cold War?
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posted by BT
on Feb 27, 2008 -
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I'm getting pretty tired of hearing the line "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about" in regards to what's happening right now in Washington. I've heard some long articulate responses to this, but what's a good one or two sentence response that succinctly points out the error in this line of thinking?
posted by WetherMan
on Jun 1, 2006 -
56 answers
Does my involvement in information-gathering activities make me ineligible for Peace Corps?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 10, 2006 -
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What are the 40 full "Moscow Rules"? An abridged version of the Moscow Rules has been posted several times. There were apparently 40 original Moscow Rules, a set of guidelines created by the CIA to benefit them in their operations in Russia. Where can I find the full 40 rules?
posted by arimathea
on Jan 5, 2006 -
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Political Memory Hole Filter: Can you help me find the quote?
Before the Invasion, some neocon (?Wolfowitz?) was quoted in a major paper complaining how the CIA was always wrong because they were too conservative in their estimates... My google-fu has failed me.
Anyone have the link or the quote?
posted by INFOHAZARD
on Dec 18, 2005 -
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So there's a grand jury that the special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has empaneled. 23 members, residents of Wahington D.C. Some questions.
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posted by Gyan
on Oct 25, 2005 -
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Let's say I really- like
really screwed up throughout college. Do I still have a shot to get into any grad schools?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 9, 2005 -
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Military Intelligence: I've thought about joining the military for about six years. Now it seems that it might become reality. I'd like to become an intelligence officer because it seems like I'd use a similar skill set to what I do now (I'm a journalist.) But what branch of the service should I check out? Army/Navy/Marines/Air Force/Coast Guard? What about the CIA or NSA? Anybody know people in any of these branches? [more inside]
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posted by Happydaz
on Jul 29, 2004 -
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