The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service

A lively account . . . combines the derring-do of old-fashioned spycraft with thoughtful meditations on the future of warfare and intelligence work. It deserves to be read. The Washington Post Offer[s] an exceptionally deep glimpse into the CIAs counterterrorism operations in the last decade of the twentieth century. Harpers A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, domestic and foreign intelligence, and international terrorism. Henry A. Hank Crumpton, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIAs Clandestine Service, offers a thrilling account that delivers profound lessons about what it means to serve as an honorable spy. From CIA recruiting missions in Africa to pioneering new programs like the UAV Predator, from running post9/11 missions in Afghanistan to heading up all clandestine CIA operations in the United States, Crumpton chronicles his rolein the battlefield and in the Oval Officein transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.