CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (J. Michael Waller) - Laughter of recognition echoes from the realest spy novel in years
Originally posted by the Federalist
The Pickle Factory is what happens when the ghosts of Catch-22 and a retired operations officer collaborate on a field manual for survival. Author Sam R. OYKEN – an all-caps CIA-style pseudonym, not an alias – has forged an intelligent and literary satirical espionage novel about the terminal-stage bureaucracy of CIA Headquarters. OYKEN’s tall tale about Andre B. KRAY shows the Agency as a sort of USAID without the sense of mission. KRAY is a clandestine service officer under Non-Official Cover, an NOC, recalled to Langley after a decade abroad. KRAY is the real deal. He’s an intelligence professional who wants to do the purposeful, old-fashioned work of recruiting agents, running operations, and living an adventurous life for…Open