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Gatekeeper: Memoirs of a CIA Polygraph Examiner by Sullivan, John F.
by Sullivan, John F. | HC | VeryGood
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 9781597970457
- Book Title
- Gatekeeper : Memoirs of a Cia Polygraph Examiner
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs, Criminology
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- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Number of Pages
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John F. Sullivan was a polygraph examiner with the CIA for thirty-one years, during which time he conducted more tests than anyone in the history of the CIA's program. The lie detectors act as the Agency's gatekeepers, preventing foreign agents, unsuitable applicants, and employees guilty of misconduct from penetrating or harming the Agency. Here Sullivan describes his methods, emphasizing the importance of psychology and the examiners' skills in a successful polygraph program. Sullivan acknowledges that using the polygraph effectively is an art as much as a science, yet he convincingly argues that it remains a highly reliable screening device, more successful and less costly than the other primary method, background investigation. In the thousands of tests that Sullivan conducted, he discovered double agents, applicants with criminal backgrounds, and employee misconduct, including compromising affairs and the mishandling of classified information. But Gatekeeper is more than Sullivan's memoirs. It is also a window to the often acrimonious and sometimes alarming internal politics of the CIA: the turf wars over resources, personnel, and mandate; the slow implementation of quality control; the aversion to risk-taking; and the overzealous pursuit of disqualifying information. In an age when the intelligence community's conduct is rightly being questioned, Sullivan contributes a fascinating personal account of one of the Agency's many important tasks.
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Publisher
Potomac Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
159797045x
ISBN-13
9781597970457
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038628425
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gatekeeper : Memoirs of a Cia Polygraph Examiner
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Intelligence & Espionage, Personal Memoirs, Criminology
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
292 Pages
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Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
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Jk468.I6s85 2007
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
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2006-018101
Dewey Decimal
327.730092
Dewey Edition
22
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