Inside the Company

A controversial memoir by a former CIA case officer, this book offers a detailed insider’s account of U.S. intelligence operations in Latin America during the Cold War. Drawing on his years of service, the author describes covert actions, political manipulation, and the recruitment of agents, while naming individuals and outlining specific missions. Published after his break with the Agency, the book sparked intense debate and had lasting personal consequences for him, including the loss of his U.S. passport. Both a personal reckoning and a political indictment, it explores themes of secrecy, power, and the moral costs of interventionist foreign policy. Readers interested in espionage, Cold War history, and firsthand accounts of intelligence work will find it a provocative and historically significant document.