Sweet Tales of the CIA

Loose Lips

DAVID KLINGHOFFER IS the Central Intelligence Agency really as bursting with ninnies as is thought by many, including, it would seem, by Claire Berlinski? Her first novel pulls back the curtains on the process by which members of the Clandestine Service are trained for action. Anyway, it purports to do so: It’s hard to believe America could have averted another 9/11 or similar calamity-so far, at least-if our intelligence providers had been quite as dimwitted as the book suggests.

About the Author

David Klinghoffer

David Klinghoffer, a former literary editor at NR, is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and co-author of The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, and other books.

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Loose Lips

DAVID KLINGHOFFER IS the Central Intelligence Agency really as bursting with ninnies as is thought by many, including, it would seem, by Claire Berlinski? Her first novel pulls back the curtains on the process by which members of the Clandestine Service are trained for action. Anyway, it purports to do so: It’s hard to believe America could have averted another 9/11 or similar calamity-so far, at least-if our intelligence providers had been quite as dimwitted as the book suggests.

About the Author

David Klinghoffer

David Klinghoffer, a former literary editor at NR, is a senior fellow at Discovery Institute and co-author of The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath, and other books.