James Adams’s The New Spies: Exploring the Frontiers of Espionage: A Review Essay

Year 1998, Issue: 7, 69 - 80, 01.04.1998

Leo J. Mahoney

Abstract

In a surprising admission, perhaps linked to suspicions in some quarters about its possible ties to alleged Nicaraguan Contra drug dealers in Los Angeles, the Central Intelligence Agency CIA removed its chief of Latin American espionage from his post, for endeavors to aid a friend and former colleague who had been arrested for violating narcotics laws in the Dominican Republic “CIA Demotes Top Aide Who Helped Friend Linked to Drugs” 3;“Away From Politics” 3 . Considering the

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