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A Spy's Guide to Thinking
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A Spy's Guide to Thinking

A powerful book that's not for everyone

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Ernie the Attorney
Feb 27, 2024
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I spent a good bit of time around CIA agents when I was young.

It was in Panama in the 1970s.

There were more than a few spies in that country back then.

They didn't pay much attention to me. Because I was a teenager.

Just another friend of one of their kids.

I was naive.

But I paid close attention. I noticed a few things.

And I've spent a lot of time thinking…

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