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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the story of Dan Freeman, the first Black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history of training persons and political groups who later used their specialized training in gathering intelligence, Read More..

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Description	The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the story of Dan Freeman, the first Black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history of training persons and political groups who later used their specialized training in gathering intelligence, political subversion, and guerrilla warfare against the CIA.The author, Sam Greenlee, was told by Aubrey Lewis (1935–2001), one of the first Black FBI agents recruited to the Bureau in 1962,Richard Goldstein, "Aubrey Lewis, 66, Athlete Who Was an F.B.I. Pioneer", The New York Times, December 13, 2001. that The Spook Who Sat by the Door was required reading at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.Gregg Reese, "Radical novelist Sam Greenlee dies at 83", Our Weekly (Los Angeles), May 22, 2014. Greenlee's spy novel first was published in March 1969; by Allison & Busby in the UK, and by the Richard W. Baron Publishing Company, in the U.S. It was also translated into several languages, including French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Swedish, and German.Margaret Busby, "Sam Greenlee obituary", The Guardian, June 2, 2014. The cinematic version, The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), was directed by Ivan Dixon, and the novel's author co-wrote the screenplay.
Description	The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1969), by Sam Greenlee, is the story of Dan Freeman, the first Black CIA officer, and of the CIA's history of training persons and political groups who later used their specialized training in gathering intelligence, political subversion, and guerrilla warfare against the CIA.The author, Sam Greenlee, was told by Aubrey Lewis (1935–2001), one of the first Black FBI agents recruited to the Bureau in 1962,Richard Goldstein, "Aubrey Lewis, 66, Athlete Who Was an F.B.I. Pioneer", The New York Times, December 13, 2001. that The Spook Who Sat by the Door was required reading at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.Gregg Reese, "Radical novelist Sam Greenlee dies at 83", Our Weekly (Los Angeles), May 22, 2014. Greenlee's spy novel first was published in March 1969; by Allison & Busby in the UK, and by the Richard W. Baron Publishing Company, in the U.S. It was also translated into several languages, including French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Swedish, and German.Margaret Busby, "Sam Greenlee obituary", The Guardian, June 2, 2014. The cinematic version, The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), was directed by Ivan Dixon, and the novel's author co-wrote the screenplay.

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Name	The Spook Who Sat by the Door
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Authors	Sam Greenlee
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	182
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Media_type	Print
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Oclc	491599651
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Publisher	London, UK: Allison & Busby; New York: USA: Richard W. Baron Publishing Co.
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Pub_date	March 1969
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