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Legacy of Ashes The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of Pre...

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The Joe Rogan Experience

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The Joe Rogan Experience

Lisle said he had read TimWeiner's "Legacy of Ashes" which briefly mentioned Sidney Gottlieb and heightened his curiosity about CIA history.

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I kind of remember reading Tim Wiener's book Legacy of Ashes and it briefly mentioned Sidney Gottlieb in there.

— Episode: #2419 - John Lisle

Episode: #2419 - John Lisle

Lisle said he had read TimWeiner's "Legacy of Ashes" which briefly mentioned Sidney Gottlieb and heightened his curiosity about CIA history.

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I kind of remember reading Tim Wiener's book Legacy of Ashes and it briefly mentioned Sidney Gottlieb in there.

Timcast IRL

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Timcast IRL

It was described as a very good book that highlighted the CIA's reputation for secrecy and confidence, but also its absurdly stupid mistakes and huge errors, particularly in the early Cold War.

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I'm reading a book about the CIA right now, which is actually very good and and the overall blessing of this book so far is that the CIA has a reputation for like secrecy and confidence, but it's actu...

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It was described as a very good book that highlighted the CIA's reputation for secrecy and confidence, but also its absurdly stupid mistakes and huge errors, particularly in the early Cold War.

"

I'm reading a book about the CIA right now, which is actually very good and and the overall blessing of this book so far is that the CIA has a reputation for like secrecy and confidence, but it's actually just absurdly stupid and has made huge mistakes.

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