Monday, February 21, 2005
Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy
Yesterday I read the memoir Blowing My Cover: My Life As a CIA Spy by
Lindsay Moran
Blowing My Cover proved to be a quick and entertaining read, although it left me a little empty. Not especially mind blowing or anything. Yes, her infatuation with becoming a spy mixed with her naiveté about what the job really entails, makes you wonder why she did not just quit during training. I have to say it read like she was trying to write an expose on the CIA, but fell flat of that goal.
She wallowed in that space where many smart people tend to get stuck. She is smart, she is used to being judged as smart by her superiors and peers, and WHOA, she was proven right, again (!) when she joined the CIA and excelled. It read a bit like she was bragging, but I don’t think she thought she was. Kinda like the smart kid who thinks they are talking over your head, like you won’t understand and read between the lines. I found the subject matter interesting since I know almost nothing about the CIA, but I would have liked more human aspects of her story. Yes, she gave up details about her life, but they were a bit flat.
Lindsay Moran
Blowing My Cover proved to be a quick and entertaining read, although it left me a little empty. Not especially mind blowing or anything. Yes, her infatuation with becoming a spy mixed with her naiveté about what the job really entails, makes you wonder why she did not just quit during training. I have to say it read like she was trying to write an expose on the CIA, but fell flat of that goal.
She wallowed in that space where many smart people tend to get stuck. She is smart, she is used to being judged as smart by her superiors and peers, and WHOA, she was proven right, again (!) when she joined the CIA and excelled. It read a bit like she was bragging, but I don’t think she thought she was. Kinda like the smart kid who thinks they are talking over your head, like you won’t understand and read between the lines. I found the subject matter interesting since I know almost nothing about the CIA, but I would have liked more human aspects of her story. Yes, she gave up details about her life, but they were a bit flat.
# posted by lyskie @ 9:17 PM 
