Documentary on CIA Spymaster Peter Sichel Resurfaces Regrets Over US Iran Intervention
A new documentary about Peter Sichel — a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who became the CIA's first station chief in Berlin and was known in New York social circles as the 'Jewish James Bond' — includes striking mea culpas about the cost and effectiveness of US involvement in the Middle East. Sichel, who died in 2025, is shown reflecting candidly on past interventions, stating 'we wasted a lot of lives.'
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