"Today, Mr. Devlin’s story has new resonance amid a renewed debate about the proper limits of..."

Larry Devlin, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Congo station chief in the 1960s, faced local intrigue and cold war jostling.

The New York Times

Memories of a C.I.A. Officer Resonate in a New Era (Published 2008)

Scott Shane •

In 1960, C.I.A officer Larry Devlin was told to kill a Congolese politician, an episode that resonates with today’s debate about the limits of covert actions to counter a different global threat.

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