Liza Mundy

Oct 21, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Liza Mundy

CommentSaveIn the early history of the CIA, marked by towering male figures like Allen Dulles, William Colby and William “Wild Bill” Donovan, few careers proved more remarkable — and unlikely — than that of a Southern blue blood named Eloise Randolph Page. Page anticipated the launch of Sputnik when just about everyone else was taken by surprise. She was the top female officer in the CIA’s clandes­tine service in the 1960s and 70s and the first woman to head a major overseas station.

Oct 19, 2023 | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Shane Harris |Liza Mundy

Shane Harris has written about intelligence, security and foreign policy for more than two decades. He is a staff writer with The Washington Post, covering U.S. intelligence agencies and national security. He was part of the team that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, for stories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the presidential election.

Oct 19, 2023 | thecipherbrief.com | Liza Mundy

BOOK REVIEW: THE SISTERHOOD: THE SECRET HISTORY OF WOMEN AT THE CIABy Liza Mundy / CrownReviewed by Leah FlorenceThe Reviewer — Leah Florence recently concluded 34-years of service with the CIA. Among her assignments were: Dean of the Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis, Senior Advisor to the Director of Intelligence at the National Counterterrorism Center and Presidential Daily Brief briefer.

Oct 19, 2023 | airmail.news | Liza Mundy

It’s daunting to report a book about spies. The job of an intelligence officer, after all, is keeping secrets. As I embarked on the research for The Sisterhood, my seven-decade history of women at the Central Intelligence Agency, I wondered if even half a dozen women would come forward to share their stories. I began posting discreet inquiries on e-mail chains and newsletters known in the intelligence community, the journalistic equivalent of placing a classified ad and crossing your fingers.

Oct 18, 2023 | nytimes.com | Mattie Kahn |Liza Mundy

THE SISTERHOOD: The Secret History of Women at the CIA, by Liza MundyIn the 1970s, the keepers of the sensitive information held in the windowless vaults of the Central Intelligence Agency earned themselves a nickname. Working there was not a glamorous assignment — and so it fell to women. Before the advent of computers, the vault women were tasked with synthesizing information about sources, darting between records and cabinets to compile the requested dossiers.