President-Elect Joe Biden is looking for a CIA director. In CounterPunch.org, former CIA officer Mel Goodman runs down where past directors have gone wrong–and what Biden could do right. The directors who were agency professionals were a particularly motley group. [Gina] Haspel is best known for her leading role in the CIA’s sadistic torture and...
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Makridis Appointment Highlights the Outsize Greek-American role at CIA
CIA director Gina Haspel’s appointment of Andrew Makridis as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer last month reminded me of the remarkable role of Greek-Americans in the clandestine service.