A State of Mind: Faith and the CIA is a journey of faith and meaning. During the Cold War, the unforgiving craft of handling and recruiting spies would challenge anyone's moral fiber. Manipulation and betrayal are part and parcel of catching men's souls. It didn't seem possible that the moral stakes could be raised any higher, but the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack forced a fundamental reassessment of CIA's purpose and mission -- what we had to do and how far we had to go to safeguard a nation. A reluctant witness to history, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen was compelled to answer the call from a higher authority. This is a hopeful, optimistic story of the unity of what is secular and what is sacred in life.