David W. Doyle

David W. Doyle (7 May 1924 – 19 February 2014^[1]) was a British-born American author, United States Army Veteran, and former Central Intelligence Agency officer.

Born at

Doyle then attended Princeton University, graduating in 1949. He joined the CIA in March 1949 and was in its Domestic Operations Division (Aliens Branch) until 1950, followed by two years in the San Francisco Office. He then joined the Directorate for Plans (now the Directorate of Operations) and the Foreign Intelligence Staff, Projects Branch. In 1955 he transferred to the Far Eastern Division and from 1960 to 1961 was posted to the breakaway African state of Katanga, followed by two years in Burundi. In 1963 he became chief of station at Dakar, Senegal, where he remained until 1967, then was with the CIA's Soviet Bloc Division until a posting to Brussels (1969-1971) and then to the Africa Division. He retired from the CIA in 1972 and was awarded the Intelligence Commendation Medal in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

In retirement Doyle became an energy consultant with the

His book Inside Intelligence / True Men and Traitors argues the continuing need for the CIA in an uncertain world. It gives a firsthand account of his own active service, including his time as chief of station in the Congo when Patrice Lumumba was assassinated, revealing exactly what happened and who the killers were. The word 'traitors' in the book's title refers to a section on a number of those who betrayed the CIA, including Aldrich Ames.^[3]

Selected publications

• An Accurate Watch (William Morrow & Co., 1990)
• Bazhanov and the Damnation of Stalin (Ohio University Press, 1990; transl. and ed. from French of Boris Bazhanov)^[4]
• Inside Espionage: A Memoir of True Men and Traitors (2000,
  ISBN 978-0-9536151-4-8
  )
• Rescue in Paradise: Oahu's Beaches & Their Guardians (Island Heritage, 2001)