Langley Genius: Inside the Technology Directorate of the CIA

Author: Geoffrey R. Richelson
Publisher: China International Publishing Group
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Features: In the first comprehensive study of the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence, author Geoffrey R. Richelson introduces us to several key figures who helped establish the agency: Edwin Land of Polaroid, Albert Whalen, C. D. Acord, and other secret operatives of the agency, such as Antonio Mendez, whose "technical assistance" skills helped six Americans escape Iran after the U.S. embassy in Tehran was seized in 1979.