“Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the State.”
James Jesus Angleton
“Was Angleton ever invited to address the only logical conclusion to his thesis, before alcohol and a last overdose of madness got the better of him – namely to close down the entire Western intelligence apparatus before the Russians led us over the cliff? I doubt it.”
John Le Carré

James Jesus Angleton
Paul Craig Roberts just told an amazing anecdote. James Jesus Angleton, head of CIA counterintelligence for three decades, once explained to him that “Intelligence Agencies create stories inside stories, each with its carefully constructed trail of evidence, in order to create false trails as diversions.”
In his Memoir “The Pigeon Tunnel”, John le Carré (AKA David Cornwell) describes James Jesus Angleton as a “delusional alcoholic”. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →