Tells the fist person story of Verne Lyon, an Iowa farm boy away at college who is inducted into the CIA to spy on his professors and fellow student as part of MHCHAOS, the then largest domestic surveillance program in American history. Framed by his handlers for an airport bombing the young Lyon is dispatched to Cuba to subvert the Castro regime and, when he balks at increasingly nefarious dirty tricks and tries to quit, the CIA kidnaps him twice, finally returning him to American soil and Leavenworth Penitentiary. Today a free man, Lyon details his journey through CIA lies and deceit both to make amends and to reveal the secret workings of government all around us.

About the Author
Verne Lyon is an Aerospace engineer, a private pilot with numerous achievement certificates from the FAA, a certified open water SCUBA diver, and former operative of the Central Intelligence Agency. He helped found and direct the Association of Responsible Dissent and the Association of National Security Alumni, both entities made up of former national security agents and officers. He lives in Johnston, Iowa.

Philip Zwerling, is the director of the creative writing program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of three books and numerous journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

Reviews
An extraordinary autobiography of a disastrous relationship between the CIA and the operative they recruited and betrayed. This heart wrenching tale deserves to be read."" - David MacMichael, Former USMC Captain and former CIA analyst

""Deeply knowledgeable about America's dark side, Verne Lyon stayed true to his oath of office: to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."" - J. Michael Springmann, former U.S. Diplomat in the Reagan and Bush administrations, author of Visas for Al Qaeda

""What happened to Verne Lyon is a true American horror story, one of the CIA's most pitiful episodes and one that deserves to be told."" - Jack Ryan, an FBI agent for 22 years

""A riveting story of how the CIA abuses its power and will do anything to anybody with impunity in order to get what it wants."" - Peter Janney, author of Mary's Mosaic

""Verne Lyon's story so shocked me that I hoped he would one day make it public."" - Yuri Totrov, former KGB counter intelligence officer

""Verne Lyon is passionate about speaking truth to power. This book is of historical value."" - James Everett, former CIA Case Officer and author of The Making and Breaking of an American Spy.



Book Information
ISBN 9781476670904
Author Verne Lyon
Format Paperback
Page Count 227
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 285g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm