The charter -- The Korean war -- Cuba -- Political assassinations and illicit drug tests -- At headquarters in the 1960s : a brief note -- Counterintelligence : the spies among us -- The search for foreign instigators : Operation Chaos and the Intelligence Evaluation Committee -- "CIA's domestic activities" : the Management Advisory Group -- Assistance to police and other agencies -- Chile -- Watergate -- The "family jewels" -- The list of delicate matters -- Nicaragua, with a side trip to Iran -- 9/11 -- The Global War on Terrorism -- Iraq, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction -- The Iran national intelligence estimate -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Leaders of the United States intelligence community -- Appendix B. Agencies of the United States intelligence community -- Appendix C. Some common acronyms.