Prelude to Terror : The Rogue CIA And The Legacy Of America's Private Intelligence Network, Paperback by Trento, Joseph J., ISBN 0786717661, ISBN-13 9780786717668, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

A leading investigative reporter on American intelligence and national security reveals the dramatic story of the nation's private intelligence network, tracing the corrupt practices of a splinter spymaster group to reveal their role in presidential elections, the arms-for-hostages plan, and the alliance between the . and extreme Islamic factions. Reprint.