A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country.
In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
Douglas S. Mackiernan
Jerome P. Ginley
William P. Boteler
Howard Carey
Frank C. Grace Jr.
Wilburn S. Rose
Chiyoki Ikeda
Thomas "Pete" Ray
Nels L. Benson
Riley Shamburger
Wade Gray
Leo Baker
John G. Merriman
Barbara Robbins
Buster Edens
Edward Johnson
Mike Deuel
Mike Maloney
John W. Waltz
Louis A. O'Jibway
Walter L. Ray
Billy Jack Johnson
Wayne McNulty
Jack W. Weeks
Hugh Francis Redmond
Paul C. Davis
David L. Konzelman
John "Lone Star" Kearns
John Peterson
Ray Seaborg
Wilbur Murray Greene
Raymond Raynor
William E. Bennett
Richard S. Welch
James S. Rawlings
Ivan B. King
Dennis J. Gabriel
Robert C. Ames
James F. "Sword" Lewis
Monique Lewis
Kenneth E. Haas
Phyliss N. Faraci
William R. Sheil
Deborah M. Hixon
Frank J. Johnston
Scott J. Van Lieshout
Curtis R. Wood
Richard C. Spicer
William F. Buckley
Richard D. Krobock
Matthew K. Gannon
George Lacey
Michael Atkinson
Pharies "Bud" Petty
James Spessard
George Rudolph Bensch
Gerhard Hermann Rieger
Robert W. Woods
Lawrence Freedman
Lansing H. Bennett
Frank A. Darling
Freddie R. Woodruff
James M. Lewek
John A. Celli
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Jerome P. Ginley
William P. Boteler
Howard Carey
Frank C. Grace Jr.
Wilburn S. Rose
Chiyoki Ikeda
Thomas "Pete" Ray
Nels L. Benson
Riley Shamburger
Wade Gray
Leo Baker
John G. Merriman
Barbara Robbins
Buster Edens
Edward Johnson
Mike Deuel
Mike Maloney
John W. Waltz
Louis A. O'Jibway
Walter L. Ray
Billy Jack Johnson
Wayne McNulty
Jack W. Weeks
Hugh Francis Redmond
Paul C. Davis
David L. Konzelman
John "Lone Star" Kearns
John Peterson
Ray Seaborg
Wilbur Murray Greene
Raymond Raynor
William E. Bennett
Richard S. Welch
James S. Rawlings
Ivan B. King
Dennis J. Gabriel
Robert C. Ames
James F. "Sword" Lewis
Monique Lewis
Kenneth E. Haas
Phyliss N. Faraci
William R. Sheil
Deborah M. Hixon
Frank J. Johnston
Scott J. Van Lieshout
Curtis R. Wood
Richard C. Spicer
William F. Buckley
Richard D. Krobock
Matthew K. Gannon
George Lacey
Michael Atkinson
Pharies "Bud" Petty
James Spessard
George Rudolph Bensch
Gerhard Hermann Rieger
Robert W. Woods
Lawrence Freedman
Lansing H. Bennett
Frank A. Darling
Freddie R. Woodruff
James M. Lewek
John A. Celli
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