I have followed these stories for a few decades. Gladwell makes an unusual argument, to be sure, but I think his point about selecting false positives and false

I have followed these stories for a few decades. Gladwell makes an unusual argument, to be sure, but I think his point about selecting false positives and false negatives is pretty good. James "Jesus" Angleton undoubtedly wreaked havoc on the CIA in the '60s with his obsessions about moles, for example. Whenever I dig deep into the spy world from my armchair, though, I always come to the conclusion that my father was right when he said that it's not healthy to keep secrets.