Edward Wilson, the character played by Matt Damon in “The Good Shepherd” ( which opens today), is the latest fictional incarnation of James Jesus Angleton. The master spy who helped found the Central ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The life of the imposingly christened James Jesus Angleton, former chief of CIA counter-intelligence, reads like the most convincing ...

DAVID WISE writes frequently about intelligence and espionage. He is the author of, among other books, "Molehunt: The Secret Search for Traitors that Shattered the CIA." More than three decades after ...

The ghostly visage of James Jesus Angleton appeared on the front page of the Washington Times on Jan. 3, 2023, in a story by reporter Bill Gertz about newly released documents related to the ...

At the height of the Cold War, arguably no one in the CIA exercised more power than James Jesus Angleton, head of counterintelligence. He pioneered an illegal information-gathering campaign that spied ...

When Americans think about the CIA today — if they think about it at all — they probably picture a secluded compound in Langley, Va., where Matt Damon matches wits with Joan Allen. But those who grew ...

THE GHOST: THE SECRET LIFE OF CIA SPYMASTER JAMES JESUS ANGLETON By Jefferson Morley St. Martin’s Press, $27.95, 336 pages As a holiday gift, permit me to save you 28 bucks and however much time you ...

Long before Game of Thrones dubbed its spymaster The Spider, James Jesus Angleton earned that name. His internal witch hunts still leave us wondering—madman, genius, or both? World News Editor “Mr.

One of the CIA's most powerful and infamous spymasters is at the center of potential new revelations about the John F Kennedy assassination. Among the 80,000 pages Donald Trump says he will release ...

Jim Angleton was one of the most complex and controversial intelligence officers of the 20th century. Born in December 1917 and educated at a public school in England and at Yale University, Angleton ...