Isbn: 9781597970457 - gatekeeper: memoirs of a cia polygraph examiner (22 resultados)

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Hardback. Condición: Good. 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.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover 8vo with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket in very good plus condition. 273 pages including acknowledgments, author's note, glossary, 17 chapters, epilogue, index, and about the author. "In Gatekeeper, Sullivan describes his experiences and methods as a polygrapher, emphasizing the importance of psychology and the examiners' skills in a successful polygraph program.".…

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Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Signed copy of this memoir of the man behind the controls one of most controversial instruments of intelligence and guilt-finding -- the lie detector. John L. Sullivan was the top CIA technicians operating the infamous Cold War era instruments of truth telling, guilt finding and deception. Sullivan prefers to refer to his tool as a polygraph, offers numerous examples of its accuracy and value, and explains how it might have missed the underlying thoughts of some of the most notorious liars at Langley such as Aldrich Ames. Also discusses internal debates about lie detectors. Inscribed by John L. Sullivan to previous owners on the front endpaper. 272 pages, illustrated. Second Printing. Light general wear. Signed by Author(s).…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 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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Condición: New. 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 .

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Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 292 Illus.

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 292 Illustrated edition.

Condición: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 292.

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