Former CIA Ops Officer Barry Eisler Talks New Political Thriller
June 20, 2025
Barry Eisler is a former CIA operations officer (meaning an active spy) who I was connected with by my friend Dan Hoffman, former 3-time CIA station chief, including in Moscow. He's a multi-time best-selling author and his newest is a political thriller (not a spy novel) entitled "The System". I found it very interesting and somewhat surprising in that the heroine is an AOC-like figure. It's an intense indictment of the incestuous relationship between the military, specifically defense spending demands, and Congress.