Annie Jacobsen

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Title: Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Definitive History of Secret CIA Assassins,
Armies and Operators

Author: Annie Jacobsen

Category: Audiobook

Narrated By: Annie Jacobsen

Duration: 19:05:28

Type: MP3

Size: 524.6 MB

Bitrate: 64 Kb/s

Note: Includes accompanying .pdf in folder


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The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and US government-
sponsored assassinations, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The
Pentagon's Brain.

Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led
covert action operations team. Before that time, responsibility for taking out
America's enemies abroad was even more shrouded in mystery. Despite Hollywood notions
of last-minute rogue operations and external secret hires, covert action is actually a
cog in a colossal foreign policy machine, moving through, among others, the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, the House and Senate Select Committees. At the end of the
day, it is the President, not the CIA, who is singularly in charge.

When diplomacy fails and overt military action is not feasible, the President often
calls on the Special Activities Division, the most secretive and lowest profile branch
of the CIA. It is this paramilitary team that undertakes dramatic and little-known
assignments: hostage rescues, sabotage and, of course, assassinations.

For the first time, Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author
Annie Jacobsen takes us deep inside this top-secret history. With unparalleled access
to former operatives, ambassadors and even past directors of the Secret Service and
CIA operations, Jacobsen reveals the inner workings of these teams and just how far a
US President may go, covertly but lawfully, to pursue the nation's interests.
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