CHAPTER 1: Through the Looking Glass
May 14, 2007, was my first day as a counter terrorism analyst at the Central
Intelligence Agency. As I sat at the red light waiting to turn left into the Headquarters
complex, my heart pounded with anticipation. I had some typical first-day jitters—I
worried about getting lost in the building and meeting new people—but working at the
CIA also creates some not-so-typical worries. Was I going to be okay driving past the
barbed-wire fences and the large signs threatening prosecution and bodily harm to
trespassers? Would I accidentally do something to irritate the intimidating guards who were sweeping my car for explosives, AK-47s dangling by their sides?
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