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Gatekeeper : Memoirs of a CIA Polygraph Examiner Hardcover John F
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- Publication Name
- Potomac Books, Incorporated
- ISBN
- 9781597970457
- Book Title
- Gatekeeper : Memoirs of a Cia Polygraph Examiner
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs, Criminology
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- 21 Oz
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- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
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John F. Sullivan was a polygraph examiner with the CIA for thirty-one years, during which time he conducted more tests than anyone in the history of the CIA's program. The lie detectors act as the Agency's gatekeepers, preventing foreign agents, unsuitable applicants, and employees guilty of misconduct from penetrating or harming the Agency. Here Sullivan describes his methods, emphasizing the importance of psychology and the examiners' skills in a successful polygraph program. Sullivan acknowledges that using the polygraph effectively is an art as much as a science, yet he convincingly argues that it remains a highly reliable screening device, more successful and less costly than the other primary method, background investigation. In the thousands of tests that Sullivan conducted, he discovered double agents, applicants with criminal backgrounds, and employee misconduct, including compromising affairs and the mishandling of classified information. But Gatekeeper is more than Sullivan's memoirs. It is also a window to the often acrimonious and sometimes alarming internal politics of the CIA: the turf wars over resources, personnel, and mandate; the slow implementation of quality control; the aversion to risk-taking; and the overzealous pursuit of disqualifying information. In an age when the intelligence community's conduct is rightly being questioned, Sullivan contributes a fascinating personal account of one of the Agency's many important tasks.
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Potomac Books, Incorporated
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159797045x
ISBN-13
9781597970457
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Gatekeeper : Memoirs of a Cia Polygraph Examiner
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2006-018101
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
327.730092
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Jk468.I6s85 2007
Copyright Date
2007
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