Mother of all secrets: When the CIA’s top-ranked woman is your mom
by Melanie Stetson Freeman
May 12, 2023
3 minutes
My mother was a mystery. Part of it was her job. Part of it was her.
Mom left my abusive father in the middle of the night when I was 4 months old. He emptied their joint bank account. My grandmother took us in.
Back then, divorce was uncommon. I was the only kid I knew with no dad at home. But Mom embodied the father role well. She worked full time at an
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