A Book by Mary Ellyn Hazen
Foreword
This is the true story about the field
of in intelligence-spy work, undercover activities, you name it.
We all know from spy stories and from bits and pieces of info
picked up here and there that intelligence work may involve
murder at midnight, dropping bits of information at a "drop,"
work in a science lab, whispering in someone's ear at a dinner
party, or posing as someone else. In any case, it is stressful
work.
We know that someone working in intelligence may be normal and
unaffected by his job. Or, he may be under so much pressure
that he cracks a little, a little more, or a lot. If he cracks a
little, he may be reassigned to less stressful work. If he
cracks a little more, he may be reassigned and see a shrink. And
if he cracks a lot, he may be retired gracefully at the earliest
opportunity.
This true story is about a man who cracked a lot. At the
beginning he is a loving family man. At the end of the story he
is in his grave. He was hired soon after the CIA was created,
when measurement tools for evaluating one's capacity to survive
spy work were not as good as they are today. Even so,
measurement tools today are not quantitative.
The author tells her story on the assumption that many readers
will be interested in the nuts and bolts of an intelligence
career that went awry.
-An Intelligence Career Person
who will remain anonymous
Copyrights
Website: ©2005 Mary Ellyn Hazen
Book: ©2003 Mary Ellyn Hazen