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Peeling Back the Curtain on the CIA

Essays and insider accounts on the secret history of the agency.

A collage photo illustration showing the eyes of Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and John F. Kennedy along with the CIA logo. August 24, 2025, 10:00 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

“In the late 1950s, CIA agent and Romanian émigré George Minden realized that a book smuggling program could have the potential to destabilize the Soviet regime and fuel the resistance in satellite states,” Johannes Lichtman wrote this month. “Over the coming decades, this

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