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Gatekeeper : memoirs of a CIA polygraph examiner
Sullivan, John F., 1939-

Publisher:	Potomac Books,
Pub date:	c2007.
Pages:	xiii, 273 p., [4] p. of plates :
ISBN:	159797045X
Item info:	16 copies available at CENTREVILLE REGIONAL, DOLLEY MADISON, CITY OF FAIRFAX REGIONAL, GREAT FALLS, GEORGE MASON REGIONAL, HERNDON FORTNIGHTLY, JOHN MARSHALL, KINGSTOWNE, PATRICK HENRY, POHICK REGIONAL, RESTON REGIONAL, SHERWOOD REGIONAL, THOMAS JEFFERSON, WOODROW WILSON, BURKE CENTRE, and OAKTON. 19 copies total in all locations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Author's Note	ix
Glossary	xi
Introduction: The Art of the Polygraph	1
1 The Path Less Traveled	11
2 In the Beginning	15
3 The Crawford Era	19
4 First Impressions	25
5 A New Day	49
6 Hard (But Exciting) Times	63
7 Respite	75
8 The New Breed	93
9 The Era of Good Feeling	127
10 Coming of Age	149
11 Bad Apples	163
12 Hits, Misses, and Distractions	173
13 Aldrich Ames	185
14 Twilight	195
15 Out to Pasture	227
16 Intelligence Community and 9/11	241
17 Interrogation and Torture	249
Epilogue	261
Index	265
About the Author	273

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key:	07069540
LCCN:	2006018101
ISBN:	159797045X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN:	9781597970457 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Local Dewey call num:	B SULLIVAN 2007
Personal Author:	Sullivan, John F., 1939-
Title:	Gatekeeper : memoirs of a CIA polygraph examiner / John F. Sullivan.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publication info:	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2007.
Physical descrip:	xiii, 273 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Price:	Sullivan, John F.
General Note:	Includes index.
Contents:	Introduction : The art of the polygraph -- The path less traveled -- In the beginning -- The Crawford era -- First impressions -- A new day -- Hard (but exciting) times -- Respite -- The new breed -- The era of good feeling -- Coming of age -- Bad apples -- Hits, misses, and distractions -- Aldrich Ames -- Twilight -- Out to pasture -- Intelligence community and 9/11 -- Interrogation and torture.
Personal subject:	Sullivan, John F., 1939-
Corporate subject:	United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
Subject term:	Polygraph operators--United States--Biography.
Subject term:	Intelligence service--United States.
892:	dc