NOW IN PAPERBACK! An insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay * "A devastating portrait of the agency's culture--with details that only an insider would know." --David Ignatius, Washington Postcolumnist and author of Body of Lies "Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading." -- Publishers Weekly(starred review) Once upon a time, the CIA took the risks necessary to protect America. "If you fall," went its mantra, "fall forward." In Beyond Repair,one of the agency's most respected former operatives mounts a scathing cri#xAD;tique of the preparedness of today's CIA--and, spe#xAD;cifically, the Directorate of Operations at its core--to defend America against the dizzying dangers of the twenty-first century. In a compelling blend of analy#xAD;sis and fascinating true-life stories, Charles S. Faddis argues that the CIA has devolved into a low-risk or, often, no-risk bureaucracy of careerists whose mantra might be summed up thus: "Don't fall." He discusses the birth of the CIA, how the agency works from the inside out, why things have gone awry--and how to go about building a new entity that will maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night.