Coming Soon: James Jesus Angleton, Part Two

<p>For a brief time within the history of the United States, its citizens trusted that their country’s best and brightest were in charge – competent leaders who knew how to navigate the complex, often treacherous, paths of diplomacy and global conflict. This trust, like most things, would not endure.</p> <p>In the decades immediately following the Second World War, the political mandate engendered by the public’s trust would be squandered by a cadre of self-important men who each believed fervently that he, and only he, knew what was right. James Jesus Angleton embodied this arrogance, and ultimately tainted the trust of the American people.</p> <p>Coming soon… the conclusion of story of the man the CIA calls a “Master Spy Hunter,” but who others might call a narcissist with paranoid delusions…</p> <p>James Jesus Angleton. On CIA Files: True Stories of U.S. Intelligence.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/ciafiles/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/ciafiles/support</a>