| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.1

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Book Review

Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby. By John Prados. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xx, 380 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-19-512847-8.)
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterintelligence chief Jim Angleton had a number of bizarre theories, but one of the most outlandish was his speculation that CIA director William Colby was actually a Soviet mole. He charged that Colby had given up too many secrets to Congress when it investigated the CIA during Colby's time as director in the mid-1970s. While few in the agency believed this, some hard-liners whispered that Colby could hardly have done more damage to the CIA if he had been working for the other side.	1
In his admiring biography of Colby, the National Security Archive scholar John Prados argues that Colby's foes had it completely wrong. Rather than harming the secret agency, Colby's actions of limited disclosure during congressional investigations actually served to appease Congress and saved the CIA from more drastic reforms. For all Colby's efforts, however, Prados argues, "he would be ostracized by those not capable of understanding the new era that had dawned" (p. x).	. . .

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