{ "item_title" : "Beyond Repair", "item_author" : [" Charles Faddis "], "item_description" : "NOW IN PAPERBACK--with a new preface by the authorAn insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay*A devastating portrait of the agency's culture--with details that only an insider would know.--David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and author of Body of LiesFaddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)In Beyond Repair, one of the Central Intelligence Agency's most respected former operatives mounts a scathing cri­tique of the preparedness of today's CIA--and, spe­cifically, the Directorate of Operations at its core--to defend America against the dizzying dangers of the twenty-first century. In a compelling blend of analy­sis and fascinating true-life stories, Charles S. Faddis argues that the CIA has devolved into a low-risk or, often, no-risk bureaucracy of careerists whose mantra might be summed up thus: Don't fall. He discusses the birth of the CIA, how the agency works from the inside out, why things have gone awry--and how to build a new entity that will maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/76/276/123/0762761237_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.95", "online_price" : "16.95", "our_price" : "16.95", "club_price" : "16.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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