TY - BOOK AU - Roy,H.K. TI - American spy: wry reflections on my life in the CIA SN - 9781633885882 PY - 2019/// CY - Amherst, New York PB - Prometheus Books KW - Roy, H. K. KW - United States KW - Central Intelligence Agency KW - Officials and employees KW - Biography KW - Intelligence officers N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Betrayal in the Balkans : Hillary sent me, but Bill nearly got me killed -- CIA leak -- Srebrenica madness -- Don't get me started -- CIA paramilitary training -- Secure your chutes -- Going operational -- Cuban ops -- Internal operations : Nicaragua -- Messing with Chinese spies -- Moon over Libya -- CIA vs. KGB -- How: and why:- to recruit a Russian spy -- Real housewives of the CIA -- Spy kids -- CIA safe sex practices -- Saddam Hussein was well hung -- Denied Area operations -- I vant a weeza -- Komandante Giska -- From war virgin to war weary -- The road to Babylon -- Mission : improbable -- Shi'ite happens -- Travels in Arabia -- Did I inspire an SNL skit? -- Breaking bad in Tijuana -- Sitting next to a rock star -- Ignore my intelligence at your peril (I am not as stupid as I look) -- Iraq intelligence failure -- The spy who came down with a cold N2 - "In a series of lively vignettes, a former CIA operations officer reflects on his life as a spy, covert ops, war zones, and the importance of intelligence for national security"-- ER -