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These are investigative histories and exposés that reveal the CIA's role in shaping global politics, overthrowing governments, partnering with organized crime, \u0026amp; operating beyond congressional oversight \u0026amp; democratic accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe archive features \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Talbot's The Devil's Chessboard on CIA Director Allen Dulles and the rise of America's secret government\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Weiner's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e chronicling decades of intelligence failures \u0026amp; covert operations, \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Dale Scott's Deep Politics and the Death of JFK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e examining the agency's connections to the Kennedy assassination. You'll find \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Webb's Dark Alliance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e exposing the CIA-Contra-crack cocaine connection, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhitney Webb's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e two-volume \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Nation Under Blackmail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e tracing intelligence-crime networks from the Cold War to Jeffrey Epstein, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Kinzer's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e investigations of CIA coups in Iran \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(All the Shah's Men) \u0026amp;\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e the Congo \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(The Lumumba Plot)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u0026amp;\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Susan Williams's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhite Malice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e on the covert recolonization of Africa. 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Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts, all those big society people. They were the worst thieves - and now look at them. It's just a matter of time.\" - Meyer Lansky \u003cbr\u003eOne of America's most infamous mobsters, Meyer Lansky, was also one of the most mysterious, a perplexing, yet inexplicably intriguing individual with multiple reputations. To his admirers, he was in many ways the ultimate genius and survivor within the callous and cut-throat world of 20th century organized crime. Even in adulthood, Meyer was smaller than most, standing anywhere between 4'11\" to 5'4\", and weighing 136 pounds at his heaviest. He was not merely an intellectual - he was worldly and wise, one who often doled out advice akin to poetry to his children and grandchildren, his gravelly voice oddly soothing. At the same time, he had all the stealth and cunning of a sphinx, and while remarkably even-tempered, gangsters twice his size dared not cross him. 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