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Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy

As a girl, the author idolized James Bond and the heroine of a famous children's novel about spying, and she never gave up the idea of becoming a spy herself. After college she applied to the Central Intelligence Agency. Getting hired meant a gauntlet of urine tests, intrusive questions from investigators and a psychologist who viewed her with suspicion. Training followed, with driving stunts, parachute jumps and interrogation drills. Then came her first posting abroad, where things truly got exciting.

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adult
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medium · 316 pages

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