American Presidents make decisions on war unaware that the human source intelligence provided by the CIA is often false or nonexistent. From Harry Truman during the Korean War to George Bush during the War on Terror, modern Presidents have faced their darkest moments as a result of poor intelligence. The CIA has assured Congress & the President that intelligence programs in hostile areas of the world are thriving, when they simply do not exist. The CIA is a broken, Soviet-style bureaucracy with its own agenda: to consume federal funds, to expand within the USA & to feign activity, Ishmael Jones (b. 12/15/61) is a pseudonym used by a former CIA officer. He resigned from the CIA, becoming a proponent of American intelligence reform, with special emphasis on the improvement of human source intelligence collection. He's a former deep cover case officer & author of The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture & many articles on intelligence reform. Introduction Prologue Daring greatly, perhaps Training days American apprenticeship Perseverance & soothing language Sent to spy out the land Trying to hustle the east Morning in Eastern Europe Physicists who knew sin Always be closing Restless Hazardous microbes Darkness & brief dawn Trying Grifters The way of the weasel Headquarters Starting over Remington raider Epilogue Appendix: Solutions for Reform of the Clandestine Service Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index