"In Bad Company" is a historical retrospective of covert political and direct action operations of the Central Intelligence Agency. Clandestine operations from the 1940s up to the hunt for al-Qaeta are reviewed. In Bad Company includes historical documentation and interviews of clandestine and covert operations by CIA involving military and political action, domestic surveillance, and cold war espionage. Some operations reviewed include Paperclip, ALSOS, PBJOINTLY, Mockingbird, MKULTRA, SCANETE, CHAOS, Phoenix Program, Watch Tower, Condor, and Anaconda.