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Douglas Waller on "The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner"

Interview of Monday, 31 March 2025 with Douglas Waller, Historian, Author, Foreign Correspondent, on "The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner" Interviewer and Host: AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. Frank Wisner was one of the most powerful men in 1950s Washington, though few knew it. Reporting directly to senior U.S. officials--his work largely hidden from Congress and the public--Wisner masterminded some of the CIA’s most controversial operations in the early years of the Cold War, commanding thousands of clandestine agents around the world. Following an early career as a key OSS operative under General William “Wild Bill” Donovan, Wisner rose through the postwar intelligence ranks to lead a newly created top-secret unit tasked--under little oversight--with overseeing massive propaganda, economic warfare, sabotage, subversion, and guerrilla operations all over the world, including such daring initiatives as the CIA-backed coups in Iran and Guatemala overthrowing their elected leaders. But Wisner faced a demon of his own: bipolar disorder. When the disease resurfaced numerous times during his career, it led to time at a mental hospital. And eventually to his suicide. Wisner was a national figure who inspired a cadre of future CIA operations officers. The interview runs 30 minutes with many Q&As. "The Determined Spy" can be purchased here. https://www.amazon.com/Determined-Spy... BIOS: BIOS: DOUGLAS WALLER is a former correspondent for Newsweek and Time, where he covered the CIA, Pentagon, State Department, White House, and Congress. He has authored seven books on the military and intelligence, including the New York Times bestseller Wild Bill Donovan. Waller lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Judy. JAMES R. HUGHES currently serves as the 17th President of AFIO. His service began January 2015. He had a career of US Government service spanning 37 years in numerous foreign countries with a particular focus in the Middle East. He started in U.S. Military Intelligence in the late 1960s and then joined the CIA’s Clandestine Service. He served overseas as a Chief of Station several times, and at CIA Headquarters in a number of senior management positions, including as Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, in the Directorate of Operations [today’s National Clandestine Service]. He was also named the Associate Deputy Director of Operations (ADDO) at the National Security Agency, 1998-99. Following his retirement from the government in 2005, he joined EDS in Herndon, VA, as the Client Industry Executive for the U.S. Intelligence Community. After the HP acquisition of EDS, he continued to serve in a similar capacity until his retirement in 2012. His parents were missionaries in Turkey in the 1950s, where Jim spent his formative years. He is fluent in Arabic. AFIO's upcoming programs: https://www.afio.com​ Follow us: LinkedIn:   / association-of-former-intelligence-officer...   Twitter:   / afio   YouTube:    / afiovideos   Podcasts: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Tune-In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2eFF... Podbean: https://afio.podbean.com/