Are there any good books on any blackop stuff that the CIA didor movies?
>>7460758
Some of us on here were/are spooks. You'll find the blackops stuff is pornographic without a context.
Films, The Recruit has some very good and very bad insight into the life. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a fantastic film.
Spies and Revolutionaries by Bill Graham covers it extensively in the context of New Zealand. They have one of the most open and laughable intelligence cultures. At one stage, Soviet, British and American spies would meet on friday nights at 7.30pm in Wellington at a Hotel to chat and have a drink.
There are plenty of sources on Intelligence operations, but it depends if you want to know about actual intelligence practises, policy influence/policy making, informing policy or intelligence gathering. Black Ops stuff is done by a tiny community relatively. The vast majority of the work is boring file reading, responding to phone calls and emails from butthurt analysts, listening to people do disgusting things and tolerating absolutely intolerable people simply to get a slither of information.
Imagine making a friend who you must develop your entire personality around, becoming closer to him and consistently working him. Do this for months, occasionally dropping hints about what you would like from him. Do that with a dozen people (if you aren't a lazy cunt, there are a few lazy spooks out there who merely run the circuit) and then imagine that you end up struggling to form connections with people after manipulating them for a living.
Not only is the life of a spook incredibly demanding and psychologically distressing, it takes a specific breed of person who can handle that occupation. The special forces attached to intelligence agencies are quite impressive though. Look into 'the increment'.
If you head to infinitechan and go to 8diamonds, there is a thread which contains hundreds of files on intelligence. It would be worth a look there.
>>7460758
This book. Interesting, readable, comprehensive.
It turns out that most of the CIA's secret operations were total fuckups, and the agency generally had no idea what it was doing.
>>7460812
That's a great one.
For the Presidents Eyes only is good if you are looking for more of the history of the development of these agencies.
I also enjoyed Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zigzag, but they are definitely written more for entertainment, despite being well researched. And they are both focused on British WWII stuff, not CIA
>>7460758
Yeah, they wrote this movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3TJXTtE4g
Goes by pretty quick so pay attention
>>7460812
ordered
cheers
>>7460758
I'm CIA. You don't get to bring books.
>>7460758
But for movies, The Dark Knight Rises is certainly a good starting point.
>>7460804
Interesting as fuck to be frank
>>7460804
>Soviet, British and American spies would meet on friday nights at 7.30pm in Wellington at a Hotel to chat and have a drink
Damn. Is there a Catch-22 equivalent for the secret services? Seems like there'd be plenty of material.
Focuses more on the CIA's involvement in the Middle East and the buildup to 9/11
>>7460758
What's behind the eagle and gun? Looks like a particularly phallic minaret and/or a speceship.
