He unwittingly shared intelligence secrets. Here, Morley uses exclusive interviews with colleagues and friends, and never-before-seen correspondence, to piece together a detailed and fascinating portrait of one of the most influential spies of our times. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. James Jesus Angleton (Decem May 11, 1987) was chief of counterintelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1954 to 1975. Yet during Angleton’s seemingly lawless reign, he also proved himself to be a formidable adversary to America’s enemies, acquiring a mythic stature within the CIA that continues to this day. Angleton had two younger sisters and a brother.
His parentsJames Hugh Angleton and Carmen Mercedes Morenomet when his father was serving as a cavalry officer during the Mexican Revolution. In this gripping biography - the first in over 20 years - investigative reporter Jefferson Morley reveals the man behind the myths: from Angleton’s friendship with the poets Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, to his links with the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington from the intelligence secrets he unwittingly shared with British double agent Kim Philby, to his obstruction of the investigation into the JFK assassination and from his initiation of the US’s first foray into mass surveillance of its citizens, to his obsession with hunting for communist moles - a search that nearly destroyed the Agency. James Angleton was born in Boise, Idaho, on December 9, 1917. Virtually untouchable, he operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president himself. Legendary head of the CIA James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected government officials in American history. A revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades.
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