Index

Abbas, Abbu, 95 Affleck, Ben, 85, 105 Afghanistan, 66–67, 71, 107, 117, 119–121, 131, 136 Agency, The, 1, 16, 55–57, 61–72 Alias, 1, 12, 16, 23, 54, 56, 72–77, 90–91, 95, 106–107, 111 al- Qaeda, 17, 20, 62–63, 66, 105, 119 Amateur, The, 16, 17 AmericanDad, 16, 25 Ames, Aldrich, 11, 32, 36–37, 44–46, 57, 133 AnimalFarm, 7 Argo, 1, 10 assassination/assassins, 11, 17–21, 32, 46, 83, 107, 125, 133

BadCompany, 1, 16, 73, 111 Baer, Robert, 107, 109, 115–126, 131 Barry, Paul, 3, 5–6, 9, 14, 28–29, 32, 48–50, 95, 98–100, 105, 117, 122, 124, 131, 135, 137 Bay of Pigs, 20, 25–26, 122–123, 127 Baz, Bazzel, 57, 65, 115–116 Bearden, Milt, 12, 34, 115, 117, 120–122, 131–132 Beckner, Michael Frost, 55–56, 65–69, 91, 95, 99 bin Laden, Osama, 62, 66, 125 BodyofLies, 16, 22, 98 Bond, James, 25–26, 39, 46, 76, 90, 93–94, 106 BourneIdentity, The, 16, 18, 73, 95, 99, 107 Brandon, Chase, 1, 3, 5–6, 11–12, 14, 16, 28, 30, 32, 47, 49, 55–59, 64–69, 73–74, 77–82, 84–85, 89–90, 99, 101, 105–107, 111–113, 115 Bush, George W.: presidency and administration, 5, 17, 28, 61, 67, 111

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): as assassins, representation of, 14, 17–19; as buffoons, representation of, 24–26; in docudramas, 115, 120, 124–132; as ethically suspect, representation of, 23–24; as failing to look after its own, representation of, 21–23; improving its image in film and TV, 12, 79–90, 100, 102, 107–114, 125; in the post–Cold

War era, 32–39, 46, 55, 57, 70, 72, 133; in the post–9/11 era, 2, 12, 14, 22–25, 54–90, 110, 115, 129, 136; recruitment through film and TV, 12, 46, 48, 55, 57–60, 70–80; as rogues, representation of, 19–21; retirees in Hollywood, 13, 115–117, 132; and secrecy, culture of, 15, 29–30, 33–34, 114, 123, 133; and technology, 69, 90–94 CharlieWilson’sWar, 2, 13, 16, 115, 121, 131–132 Chomsky, Noam, 109–111, 122

Church Committee Reports, The, 17, 21 ClassifiedFilesoftheC.I.A., The, 11, 31, 33, 36–38, 44–47, 52, 54, 74, 104, 133 ClearandPresentDanger, 16, 19, 27, 85, 106 Clooney, George, 10, 119, 122–123, 126 Corman, Matt, 50–52 CovertAffairs, 1, 16, 50–52, 95, 109, 136 covert communication, 12, 97, 103–104, 111–113, 135

docudramas, 115, 120, 122, 124–126, 129–131 Dulles, Allen, 8, 127–128, 141 Dynasty, 9

EnemyoftheState, 1, 12, 73, 90, 92–93, 111

F.B.I., The (TV series), 1, 37–38, 40, 44, 46 FairGame, 95 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 1, 4, 16, 23, 29, 36, 38, 61–62, 64, 95, 101–102, 118, 120, 123, 128, 136 First Amendment, The, 12, 46, 96– 102, 114, 135 Freedom of Speech, 12, 97–102

Garner, Jennifer, 74–77 Gates, Robert, 6, 29, 34–35 GetSmart, 25 GoodShepherd, The, 2, 13, 16, 18, 23, 115, 117, 120–132 Grady, James, 21, 30

Harlow, Bill, 6, 15, 28–29, 47–49, 55, 57, 59, 66–67, 75, 80–81, 83, 85, 94–95, 104 Harrington, Kent, 6, 30, 36–37, 46, 104, 116–117 Hoover, J. Edgar, 11, 37–38, 128 Houle, David, 38–39, 45–47 HuntforRedOctober, The, 16, 27, 85, 87

Illif, Peter, 30, 90, 106 IntheCompanyofSpies, 1, 12, 53–56, 58–61, 70–73, 80–82, 84, 92, 95, 101, 109, 111, 136 IntheLineofFire, 15, 18–19, 74 IndependenceDay, 108 Institute for Creative Technologies, 67–68 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism

Prevention Act, 5 Iran, 9–10, 23, 68, 93, 96, 118 Iranian Hostage Crisis, 9–10, 93, 96 Iraq, 68, 110, 118, 126, 129, 136

Jag, 1, 111 JFK, 15–16, 18–19, 36, 127, 129

Kelbaugh, Paul, 101, 106

Leiter, Felix, 26 liberalism: bias in Hollywood, 28–29 Luraschi, Luigi, 7

M*A*S*H*, 16, 24–25 ManwithOneRedShoe, The, 16, 24 MeettheParents, 2, 16, 115, 121 Mendez, Jonna, 57, 115 Mendez, Tony, 9–10, 57, 65, 93, 115, 117, 126 Mission:Impossible (film franchise), 16, 19, 27, 92–93, 95, 111–112 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 34, 37 Myers, Jack, 38, 44–47, 104

9/11, 2, 12, 14, 22–25, 54–90, 110, 115, 129, 136 9/11Report, The, 79, 83 1984, 8

Obama, Barack: presidency and administration, 17, 105 Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 123, 126, 128

Ord, Chris, 50–52 OstermanWeekend, The, 16, 17, 24

Pakistan, 17, 66, 68–69, 119–121, 136 PatriotGames, 16, 27, 30, 85, 90, 93, 106 Pentagon: and the entertainment industry, 2, 48, 67, 97–98, 101–102, 108–109, 112, 134–136 Peyton, Patrick, 8 PlanetoftheApes, 9 propaganda, 2, 4, 6, 8–9, 12–13, 37, 46, 51–52, 70–72, 78, 84, 96–97, 102–104, 108–114, 134–135 publicity: and propaganda laws, 12, 97, 103, 112, 135

QuietAmerican, The, 8, 16

Recruit, The, 16, 77–85, 90 recruitment efforts, 12, 46, 48, 55, 57–60, 70–80 Red, 2, 115 rendition, 23, 24, 77, 107, 120, 129, 136 Rendition, 2, 24, 115, 120 Rizzo, John, 74, 94, 101–102, 108, 125 Ryan, Jack, 19, 27, 85–86, 95, 106

Salt, 2, 16, 19, 50 Sands, Michael, 49–50, 95–96, 112 Scorpio, 16, 17, 21 self- aggrandizement, 69, 113, 135 SixDaysoftheCondor, 21, 30 Sneakers, 2, 90–91, 115 Soviet Union, 7–9, 31, 34, 36–37, 57, 59, 62, 87, 89, 110, 120, 123–124, 126, 128, 131, 133 SpyGame, 15–16, 22, 55, 68, 95, 99 Strauchs, John, 90–91, 115 SumofAllFears, The, 1, 12, 16, 27, 73, 80, 84–90, 95, 105, 109, 111, 136 Syriana, 2, 13, 15–16, 18, 115–129

Task Force for Greater CIA Openness, 35–36 technical consultants: role of, 2, 12, 48–49, 57, 65, 70, 74, 102, 115–116, 121, 131, 136 Tenet, George, 6, 47, 50, 55–57, 62, 66, 85, 105, 114 terrorism/terrorists, 8, 12, 17–19, 22–24, 27, 61–69, 71–72, 74–75, 77, 79, 86–92, 95, 99, 105–108, 111, 118–120, 123 ThreeDaysoftheCondor, 17 torture, 23–24, 64–65, 76–77, 83, 98, 107, 111, 119, 123, 125, 136; waterboarding, 23, 129, 136 24, 1, 16, 54, 72–73, 75, 77, 94, 111

viewpoint discrimination, 98–102

WhyWeFighttheColdWar, 8 Wire, The, 109, 120 Woolsey, James, 6, 37, 45–46, 93, 114 Writers Guild of America, 102