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The Dark Side of a CIA ‘Black Ops’ Memoir

Enrique Prado is long on tough talk and short on reflection about his 24 years as a CIA ‘meateater’

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John Dinges
May 05, 2022
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Former Washington Post and NPR editor John Dinges is a winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for excellence in Latin American reporting. His latest book is The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents 

READING Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, you can understand why it is so difficult for the CIA to shed …

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