Company man: thirty years of controversy and crisis in the CIA

Introduction : The tale of the "torture tapes"

Entering the secret club (1975-1976)

Not your everyday legal issues (1977-1980)

Enter William Casey and a whole new ball game (1981-1984)

The calm before the storm (1985)

The wheels come off (1986)

Reality TV : the Iran-Contra hearings (1987)

The Iran-Contra hangover (1988-1992)

Dealing with devils (1993-1996)

Bin Laden bursts out (1997-2001)

The attacks and the response (September 2001-January 2002)

The birth of the Enhanced Interrogation Program (2002)

Trouble on the EIT front, and the Valerie Plame diversion (2003-2004)

Enter Porter Goss (2005)

An offer I couldn't refuse (2006)

Out of the shadows and into the spotlight (2007)

A failed nomination, and the end of a program (2007-2008)

The arrival of Obama, and a long goodbye (2009)

Postscript

Epilogue : lessons learned and a look forward.