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# Covert Contact 50: Victor in The Rubble: Tackling Intelligence Community Bureaucracy Through Satire
- URL: https://johnwlittle.com/victor-in-the-rubble-tackling-intelligence-community-bureaucracy-through-satire-2/
- Published: 2016-06-12T05:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T18:50:28.000Z
- Description: Former CIA Reports Officer Alex Finley joins me in episode 50 to discuss her first novel and the business of intelligence. Victor in the Rubble is a satirical look at the CIA and the War on Terror.
- Author: John Little
- Tags: Covert Contact, Interviews, Intelligence, Books, Alex Finley

Former CIA Reports Officer Alex Finley joins me in episode 50 to discuss her first novel and the business of intelligence. [*Victor in the Rubble*](http://www.amazon.com/Alex-Finley/e/B01E1SZ506?ref=johnwlittle.com) is a satirical look at the CIA and the War on Terror. The book is insanely funny, and worth reading for the entertainment value alone, but Alex’s insight and ability to highlight the absurdity of bureaucratic organizations and human failures should make this required reading at the agency and other large organizations.

You can follow Alex on Twitter [@alexzfinley](http://twitter.com/alexzfinley?ref=johnwlittle.com).