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In Search of Enemies - A CIA Story - John Stockwell

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Author's Note<br />

<strong>In</strong> December 1976 I advised my boss in the <strong>CIA</strong>'s Africa Division<br />

<strong>of</strong> my intention to resign. For his own reasons, he urged me to take<br />

several months leave to reconsider. Making it clear I would not<br />

change my mind, I accepted his <strong>of</strong>f er <strong>of</strong> several more pay checks and<br />

took three months sick leave.<br />

I did not tell anyone I planned to write a book. <strong>In</strong> fact, I had no<br />

great confidence in my ability to write. I had been an operations<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer-an activist-for the past dozen years in the <strong>CIA</strong>.<br />

What about the oath <strong>of</strong> secrecy I signed when I joined the....<strong>CIA</strong><br />

in 19641..l cannot he hound by it for four reasons~£irs~ .my oath was<br />

.illegally. fraudulently obtained. My <strong>CIA</strong> recruiters lied to me about<br />

tlle clandestine services as they swore me in. They..iDSisted...the..<br />

f!!_I.!_Ctioned to gat.herintelligence It did not-kill,--use---Orugs, or d~e<br />

J2eople's lives, they assured me These lies were.perpetuated-in the<br />

followin1: year 0£..traiuing courses-It was not until 1kdisclos.ures...<strong>of</strong>the<br />

Ch_y_rch and~ike Committees-i~t I learned the full._.<br />

~h_ocking truth about my emnlQyers.

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