Somewhere high in the World Trade Center exists a cavernous suite that in the past few years has sat mostly empty, save for a receptionist, some antique encryption devices, and the office of a former C.I.A. In an attempt to revive his standing as “an American patriot,” Chalker contacted the New Yorker staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick, and took the exceptionally rare, and largely counterintuitive, step of divulging the specifics of the work that he had done for the country’s clandestine service. The intelligence they provided, according to Kirkpatrick’s sources, reached the highest levels of the U.S. government, was shared with Presidents, and has shaped military and intelligence operations up through the current war with Iran.
Author: David Remnick
Published at: 2026-03-30 22:30:00
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