‘The Devil’s Chessboard,’ by David Talbot - SFGate

‘The Devil’s Chessboard,’ by David Talbot - SFGate:

For decidedly different reasons, David Talbot despises Allen Dulles as well. As director of the CIA, Talbot declares, Dulles exemplified the “frightening amorality that prevailed at the pinnacle of American power” at the height of the Cold War. Endowed with “boundless authority” as the guardian of national security, his agency became “a dark and invasive force — at home and abroad — violating citizens’ privacy, kidnapping, torturing, and killing at will.”