{"product_id":"breaking-cover-my-secret-life-in-the-cia-and-what-it-taught-me-about-whats-worth-fighting-for-paperback","title":"Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What's Worth Fighting for - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichele Rigby Assad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA real-life, can't-put-down spy memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe CIA is looking for walking contradictions. Recruiters seek out potential agents who can keep a secret yet pull classified information out of others; who love their country but are willing to leave it behind for dangerous places; who live double lives but can be trusted with some of the nation's most highly sensitive tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichele Rigby Assad was one of those people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a CIA agent and a counterterrorism expert, Michele soon found that working undercover was an all-encompassing job. The threats were real; the assignments perilous. Michele spent over a decade in the agency--a woman leading some of the most highly skilled intelligence operatives on the planet, secretly serving in some of the most treacherous areas of the Middle East, and at risk as a target for ISIS. But deep inside, Michele wondered: Could she really do this job? Had she misunderstood what she thought was God's calling on her life? Did she have what it would take to survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer came when Michele faced her ultimate mission, one with others' lives on the line--and it turned out to have been the plan for her all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful, true story of grit and courage covers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe CIA recruitment process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Michele was trained for espionage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow her Christian beliefs influenced her time undercover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBreaking Cover\u003c\/i\u003e, Michele has at last been cleared to drop cover and tell her story: one of life-or-death stakes; of defeating incredible odds; and most of all, of discovering a faith greater than all her fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen debriefing any jihadist, most agents have three handicaps: \u003cbr\u003eWe are Americans (strike one), 'nonbelievers' (strike two), and CIA officers (strike three). As I prepared myself to walk in and meet Abu Muhammad for the first time, I knew I had a fourth handicap: I was a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking Cover\u003c\/i\u003e is the explosive tell-all memoir of Michele Rigby Assad, an ex-counterterrorism expert for the CIA. From leading secret undercover missions in some of the world's most dangerous places to winning success in a male-dominated industry, Michele shows how ordinary people can do extraordinary things--even in the unlikeliest of circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584214528293,"sku":"9781496419606","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/96At78uU4q9781496419606.webp?v=1781587184","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/breaking-cover-my-secret-life-in-the-cia-and-what-it-taught-me-about-whats-worth-fighting-for-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}