The Mind of the State

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State. –James Angleton,(CIA chief of the counterintelligence department 1954-1975)

I grew up in my parents’ house during the 1950s and 1960s. My father was a cold warrior. He wore the uniform of the US Air Force and worked for a section of that branch that was part of the National Security Agency (NSA). I met a few powerful men over that time whose names would be familiar to historians and other people around my age. We also lived in Peshawar...