Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best
operative working the Middle East. Over several decades he served
everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive
list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the Career
Intelligence Medal. But if his career was everything a spy
might aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of
everything a spy is asked to sacrifice. Bob had few enduring
non-work friendships, only contacts and acquaintances. His
prolonged absences destroyed his marriage, and he felt intense
guilt at spending so little time with his children. Sworn to
secrecy and constantly driven by ulterior motives, he was a man
apart wherever he went.
Dayna Williamson thought of herself as just an ordinary
California girl -- admittedly one born into a comfortable
lifestyle. But she was always looking to get closer to the
edge. When she joined the CIA, she was initially tasked with
Agency background checks, but the attractive Berkeley graduate
quickly distinguished herself as someone who could thrive in the
field, and she was eventually assigned to “Protective Operations”
training where she learned to handle weapons and explosives and
conduct high-speed escape and evasion. Tapped to serve in some of
the world''s most dangerous places, she discovered an inner strength
and resourcefulness she''d never known -- but she also came to see
that the spy life exacts a heavy toll. Her marriage crumbled,
her parents grew distant, and she lost touch with friends who''d
once meant everything to her.
When Bob and Dayna met on a mission in Sarajevo, it wasn''t love
at first sight. They were both too jaded for that. But there was
something there, a spark. And as the danger escalated and their
affection for each other grew, they realized it was time to leave
“the Company,” to somehow rediscover the people they’d once
been.
As worldly as both were, the couple didn’t realize at first that
turning in their Agency I.D. cards would not be enough to put their
covert past behind. The fact was, their clandestine
relationships remained. Living as “civilians” in
conflict-ridden Beirut, they fielded assassination proposals, met
with Arab sheiks, wily oil tycoons, terrorists, and assorted
outlaws – and came perilously close to dying. But even then
they couldn’t know that their most formidable challenge lay
ahead.
Simultaneously a trip deep down the intelligence rabbit hole –
one that shows how the “game” actually works, including the
compromises it asks of those who play by its rules -- and a
portrait of two people trying to regain a normal life, The Company
We Keep is a masterly depiction of the real world of shadows.
關於作者：
ROBERT BAER is the author of three New York Times
bestsellers involving the CIA: See No Evil which was the
basis for the acclaimed film “Syriana”, Sleeping with the
Devil, and The Devil We Know. He has become one of the
most authoritative voices on American intelligence and frequently
appears as a media commentator. DAYNA BEAR, before leaving the
agency to settle down with Bob, was herself an accomplished CIA
operative.
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