

Lawfare Archive: Christopher Moran on ‘Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA’
Feb 19, 2024
Christopher Moran, Professor at the University of Warwick, discusses CIA memoirs, the challenge of balancing secrecy with transparency in a democratic society, motivations behind officers writing memoirs, CIA's approach to publicity and secrecy, establishment of the PRB, enigmatic Richard Helms, and insights from rejected book manuscripts.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
CIA Officers Writing Memoirs
04:58 • 11min
Discussions on CIA secrecy, whistleblower actions, and ethical dilemmas
16:17 • 4min
CIA's Publications Review Board (PRB) Establishment
20:17 • 14min
Unveiling the Enigmatic Richard Helms
34:34 • 8min
Insights from rejected book manuscripts, podcast recommendations, and social network promotion
42:05 • 2min