The Official C.I.A. Manual of Trickery and Deception

By H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace Paperback: 272 pages This item is not eligible for discounts unless explicitly mentioned in promotional offers Product Description Learn More Once a top-secret training manual for CIA field agents in the early Cold War era of the 1950s, we are happy to offer The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception. An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offers step-by-step instructions for covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery that was designed to thwart the Communist enemy. On June 15, 1917, just after the United States entered World War I, Congress adopted the Espionage Act. The Espionage Act gave the federal government increased leverage to prosecute what it considered unruly elements. Based on the terms dictated by Congress, anyone who interfered with or attempted to undermine the United States’ war effort could be prosecuted under the law and face a 20-year prison sentence and a $10,