Appreciation: Stanley Crouch, a towering critic, loved a good fight. He’s the most extreme case but certainly not the first president who thought that. The guys in the White House back then were almost amateurs when it came to politicizing intelligence.

This is what happens when the president hands your head to you every time you tell him something he doesn’t want to hear. If you’re not prepared to make life-and-death decisions every day, if you’re not ready to face ethical dilemmas every day, you shouldn’t be running the agency.

It’s impossible to overstate the stakes here. “Sex and the City” star Kim Cattrall makes her network TV debut in Fox’s “Filthy Rich” as the cunning matriarch of a televangelist family. There’s a brave new world at Langley — and it’s captured vividly in Chris Whipple’s new book, “The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future.”. Yet I quickly learned that what some directors consider off limits, others regard as fair game. About Chris Whipple His next book , The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future , will be published on September 15, 2020. They should use it. 210 West 90th Street, Suite 10J The great, pugnacious critic Stanley Crouch died last week. | Contact Chris Whipple’s publicist: One of the Most Perilous Jobs in Government, Book Chris Whipple for a Speaking Engagement. The three cases were lumped together so as not to anger Trump. But it cuts both ways: While presidents fail to act on hard truths, sometimes the agency fails to give them the truth for fear of angering them. He also created and was Executive Producer of the hit ABC News series, What Would You Do?, with John Quinones, which captures ordinary people’s reactions to ethical dilemmas. She’s trying too hard to please the president — but she’s not the first director to do that. How do you view Gina Haspel, the CIA’s current director? There’s no comparison between the Russian threat and China and Iran, who simply have a preference for who wins. Review: Yep, J.K. Rowling’s new thriller has transphobic elements. He was no angel. It’s no wonder the spy world is called “a wilderness of mirrors.”. It ends with Trump getting impeached because of an anonymous CIA whistleblower in the Ukraine affair. The agency has been battered like a piñata before, but never, perhaps, as much as today, and from so many directions.

People have been concerned about Rowling’s feelings about transgender rights for some time.

As the producer of Pastor to Power: Billy Graham and the Presidents, with Charles Gibson, Whipple directed interviews about faith and the presidency with all the living ex-presidents. In “More Than a Woman,” the British writer once known for snark and controversy copes with everything from maintenance sex to her child’s eating disorder. By Chris WhippleScribner: 400 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. At.

Previously, Whittle was chief executive officer of Avenues: The World School. He was a flawed, complex and heroic figure all wrapped into one. Sales of “Forrest Gump” really took off after Tom Hanks portrayed the title character in a movie that won six Oscars. MSNBC: Live with Katy Tur Op-Ed: Democrats have a secret weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement. Chris Whipple is an acclaimed writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and speaker. Meanwhile, the president’s Justice Department is investigating the CIA’s investigation of foreign interference in his election. Helms, without a doubt. Yes. The release of her latest detective novel shows those feelings seeping into her work. But the CIA’s own blunders over the years have too often made a mockery of Helms’ credo. Sign up for the Los Angeles Times Book Club. It’s a tough mission statement. “You have to make sure the president hears it.”. All Rights Reserved. It’s not their job to advocate policy.