Stories from a Former CIA Agent

Alex Finley joined the CIA in 2003, where she spent close to 6 years as an officer of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, serving in West Africa and Europe. Before she joined the agency, she was a political reporter in Washington. After leaving the CIA in 2009, she returned to writing and soon found that her voice lent itself well to humor. In addition to her work for Slate, Reductress, and Funny or Die, she wrote a book: Victor in the Rubble: A Satire of the CIA and the War on Terror. The book was inspired by her time at the CIA and some of the bureaucratic frustrations that she had, comes out next week. In a recent interview, Alex spoke about the book, her work with the agency, and what the future of the CIA might look like. MORE COLUMBIA NEWS: https://alumni.columbia.edu http://thelowdown.alumni.columbia.edu