It is a world where the intrigue of reality exceeds that of fiction. What is an invisible photo used for? What does it take to build a quiet helicopter? How does one embed a listening device in a cat? If these sound like challenges for Q, James Bond?s fictional gadget-master, think again. They?re all real-life devices created by the CIA?s Office of Technical Service?an ultrasecretive department that combines the marvels of state-of-the-art technology with the time-proven traditions of classic espionage. And now, in the first book ever written about this office, the former director of OTS teams up with an internationally renowned intelligence historian to take readers into the laboratory of espionage.
Chapter 1: My Hair Stood on End
Chapter 2: We Must Be Ruthless
Chapter 5: Bring in the Engineers
Chapter 6: Building Better Gadgets
Chapter 7: Moving Through the Gap
Chapter 8: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword (and Shield)
Chapter 10: A Dissident at Heart
Chapter 11: An Operation Called CKTAW
Chapter 12: Cold Beer, Cheap Hotels, and a Voltmeter
Chapter 13: Progress in a New Era
Chapter 14: The Age of Bond Arrives
Chapter 15: Genius Is Where You Find It
Chapter 16: Conspicuous Fortitude, Exemplary Courage in a Cuban Jail
Chapter 17: War by Any Other Name
Chapter 18: Con Men, Fabricators, and Forgers
Chapter 19: Tracking Terrorist Snakes
Chapter 21: Cover and Disguise
Chapter 23: Clandestine Surveillance
Chapter 24: Covert Communications
Chapter 25: Spies and the Age of Information
Appendix A - U.S. Clandestine Services and OTS Organizational Genealogy, 1941-2008
Appendix B - Selected Chronology of OTS
Appendix D - CIA Trailblazers from OTS
Appendix E - Pseudonyms of CIA Officers Used
Appendix F - Instructions to Decipher the Official Message from the CIA on page xxv