A life of lies and spies : tales of a CIA covert ops polygraph interrogator / Alan B. Trabue.
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TextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 304 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250065049 (hardcover)Subject(s): Trabue, Alan B | United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Polygraph operators -- United States -- Biography | Intelligence service -- United StatesDDC classification: 327.12730092 | B LOC classification: JK468.I6 | T66 2015Summary: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Alan Trabue unveils the CIA's use of covert ops polygraph and interrogation of foreign spies in this fascinating and thrilling memoir of his 38-year career spanning 40 countries Alan Trabue chose a bizarre, dangerous way to make a living. In A Life of Lies and Spies, Trabue exposes the often perilous world of polygraphing foreign spies in support of CIA espionage programs. He recounts his incredible, true-life globe-trotting adventures, from his induction in the CIA in 1971 to directing the CIA's world-wide covert ops polygraph program. A Life of Lies and Spies brings readers into the high-stakes world of covert operations and the quest to uncover deceit, featuring a high-speed car chase, blown clandestine meetings, surreptitious room searches, tear-gassing by riot police, and confrontations with machine gun-armed soldiers.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Alan Trabue unveils the CIA's use of covert ops polygraph and interrogation of foreign spies in this fascinating and thrilling memoir of his 38-year career spanning 40 countries Alan Trabue chose a bizarre, dangerous way to make a living. In A Life of Lies and Spies, Trabue exposes the often perilous world of polygraphing foreign spies in support of CIA espionage programs. He recounts his incredible, true-life globe-trotting adventures, from his induction in the CIA in 1971 to directing the CIA's world-wide covert ops polygraph program. A Life of Lies and Spies brings readers into the high-stakes world of covert operations and the quest to uncover deceit, featuring a high-speed car chase, blown clandestine meetings, surreptitious room searches, tear-gassing by riot police, and confrontations with machine gun-armed soldiers.
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