{"product_id":"9781250047137","title":"Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eArgo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFair Game, \u003c\/i\u003e\"a lively, absorbing investigation.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpies are supposed to keep quiet, never betraying their agents or discussing their operations. Somehow, this doesn’t apply to the CIA, whose former officers have written memoirs commanding huge advances and attracting enormous publicity. As an intelligence service dependent on its ability to protect sensitive information, however, it’s no surprise that the CIA has fought back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCompany Confessions,\u003c\/i\u003e award-winning author Christopher Moran digs deep into this tumultuous relationship between the CIA and former agents who try to go public about their careers. He delves into the motivations of spies like CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose identity was leaked by the Bush White House and who reportedly received $2.5 million for her book \u003ci\u003eFair Game, \u003c\/i\u003eand exposes the politics and practices of the CIA and its Publications Review Board, including breaking into publishing houses and secretly authorizing pro-agency “memoirs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on interviews; the private correspondence of such legendary spies as Allen Dulles, William Colby, and Richard Helms; and declassified CIA files, \u003ci\u003eCompany Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e examines why America’s spies are so willing to share their stories, the damage inflicted when they leak the nation’s secrets, and the fine line between censorship on the grounds of security and censorship for the sake of reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034276741360,"sku":"9781250047137","price":25.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250047137_p0.jpg?v=1763702203","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250047137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}