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The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology
by Richelson, Jeffrey T
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- good, ex-lib., good
- ISBN 10
- 0813366992
- ISBN 13
- 9780813366999
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2001. Third Printing. good, ex-lib., good. 386, illus., notes, sources, appendices, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boards. This study of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology introduces us to key personalities who helped share the directorate: Edwin Land of Polaroid, Albert Wheelon, Carl Duckett, and others who operated secretly within the directorate such as Antonio Mendez, whose "technical service" skills helped six Americans escape Iran after the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in 1979. Presents intriguing details--many never before published--of the directorate's programs and activities.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
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- 45775
- Title
- The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology
- Author
- Richelson, Jeffrey T
- Book Condition
- Used - good, ex-lib., good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0813366992
- ISBN 13
- 9780813366999
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- CIA, Spying, Reconnaissance, CORONA, John McCone, Carl Duckett, Eavesdropping, Richard Helms, Albert Wheelon
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