The CIA and Dirty Tricks: Interview w/ Victor Marchetti - WBAI 1972

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Victor Marchetti was a high ranking CIA official who resigned and criticized the agency. He discusses his novel "Rope-Dancer" which was published in 1971. The novel is about a high ranking agent who goes to work for the Soviet Union. It presents a realistic portrait of life at the CIA headquarters in Virginia.

Marchetti discusses the CIA's role in foreign and domestic affairs, and what it is like to work in the organization.

Date Broadcast on: WBAI, 21 Feb. 1972.