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"You've heard of business ethics, medical ethics, even journalistic ethics? Spying ethics predictably took a little longer to come in from the cold. Yet Fair Play could well become the anchoring text of a new field. As sharp as a stiletto-fitted umbrella, as tough as can be, Olson proves remarkably humane about how to balance dirty tricks with high ideals. He brings startling clarity to issues of official lying and worse." --Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, February 11, 2007
"A thoughtful, provocative analysis of practically every possible moral dilemma that is ever likely to prick the conscience of an assiduous case officer. The scenarios presented by James Olson, himself a veteran insider, have the authentic whiff of cordite that suggest little has been drawn from his imagination, but much has been looted from the operational files." -- Nigel West, author of The Third Secret: The CIA, Solidarity and the KGB's Plot to Kill the Pope
"James Olson is a legend in the clandestine service, having served in some of the most difficult, dangerous, and complicated assignments at the height of the Cold War. As director of central intelligence, I trusted him without reservation when he was chief of counterintelligence not only because he was enormously capable but also because I knew he thought deeply about the ethical and moral dimensions of what we did every day. Amid the countless books and memoirs of retired spies, especially at this time, this one is essential reading." -- Robert M. Gates, Director of Central Intelligence, 1991-1993
"Under veteran intelligence officer James Olson's sure direction, the reader enters a world few Americans ever see or even know exists. From his insightful summary of intelligence history through each of his fifty reality-based scenarios, he confronts the difficult ethical issues head-on. An unprecedented examination of the challenging moral dilemmas of human intelligence operations, Olson's work will soon be the standard reference." -- Peter Earnest, executive director, International Spy Museum, and former CIA officer
"James Olson has deftly plumbed the depths of the spy's dilemma: How can one spend a lifetime practicing deception and still retain a strong moral compass? Fair Play is the primer on how to balance a little bit of evil so it will yield the maximum benefit to the common good. A must read." --Antonio J. Mendez, former CIA officer and author of The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA
"Do the ends ever justify the means? CIA veteran James Olson explores the complex choices, limitations, and moral dilemmas facing U.S. intelligence officers who attempt to operate within an ill-defined standard of `acceptable moral behavior.' Fascinating and thought provoking, Fair Play will become a must-read for officers on the frontlines of the global war on terror. There isn't anything else like it!" --H. Keith Melton, intelligence historian and author of Ultimate Spy
"James Olson, a retired operations officer cum teacher and author, has given the literature of intelligence one of its most interesting, unusual, and forthright books." -- Hayden Peake, Historical Intelligence Collection, CIA, printed with permission from the reviewer in the Association of Former Intelligence Officers Newsletter
"Fair Play is an eye-opener to the average American citizen like me who just assumed that the rules were pretty much set in concrete. Nothing could be farther from the truth...Olson's book will lead to discussions in our nation that will lead to better defined 'rules of engagement' for our CIA case officers." --Michael Caudle, Military Ink
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