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Well, he was a field agent. His job was to run assets in-country (Valerie Plame had a similar role). He worked in West Africa, where Russian proxies were tryin
by ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
Well, he was a field agent. His job was to run assets in-country (Valerie Plame had a similar role).
He worked in West Africa, where Russian proxies were trying to foster communist insurgencies.
He was a very, very decent person; maybe too decent. The straw that broke the camel's back, was the Shah of Iran.
- thomassmith65 1y agoThere are a couple Miles Copeland books on my reading list. They might be of interest to you. He was a big CIA guy (and also father of famous drummer Stewart Copeland) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Copeland_Jr https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Copeland_Jr.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoI suspect my father was not a fan.
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- thomassmith65 1y agoThat's understandable. I just read a Miles Copeland interview from 1986 in which he complains about the CIA apparently assassinating fewer foreign leaders and being too truthful to congress.