Fixing The Spy Machine

Author : Arthur S. Hulnick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313390302

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Fixing the Spy Machine by Arthur S. Hulnick Pdf

With the end of the Cold War and the dawning of a new century, the U.S. intelligence system faces new challenges and threats. The system has suffered from penetration by foreign agents, cutbacks in resources, serious errors in judgment, and what appears to be bad management; nonetheless, it remains one of the key elements of America's strategic defense. Hulnick suggests that things are not as bad as they seem, that America's intelligence system is reasonably well prepared to deal with the many threats to national security. He examines the various functions of intelligence from intelligence gathering and espionage to the arcane fields of analysis, spy-catching, secret operations, and even the business of corporate espionage. Hulnick offers a variety of ideas for making the system work better and for attracting the kinds of new intelligence professionals who will build a stronger intelligence system in the next century. Fixing the Spy Machine suggests that the role of the Director of Central Intelligence, the person who runs both the CIA and oversees the U.S. Intelligence Community, should be depoliticized and made stronger. It also concludes that people are responsible for making the system function, not its bureaucratic structure. Still, intelligence managers are going to have to become less risk-averse and more flexible if the system is to function at its best.

Author : Oblap Franciscus Mejia
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781434936981

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The Awakening Layman by Oblap Franciscus Mejia Pdf

Based upon a collection of nonfiction national stories, The Awakening Layman gathers global intelligence and national stories to expose interesting studies of everyday dialogues. Through the efforts of the author, Oblap Franciscus Mejia, this novel offers readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into some of the nation¿s biggest social issues. Additionally, The Awakening Layman introduces a new way of reasoning to the everyday reader, encouraging him to think along the same lines as the individuals in charge.

Author : Floyd Paseman
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616732738

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A Spy's Journey by Floyd Paseman Pdf

In 1967 Floyd Paseman joined the Central Intelligence Agency following successful service as an army officer in Germany. He was first stationed in the Far East, where he became fluent in Chinese language and culture, and then in Germany, at what was largely considered the agency’s toughest Cold War field posting. Over the years he rose from field spy to division chief and ultimately the top ranks in the Operations Directorate of the CIA. Paseman details the behind-the-scenes intelligence gathering during the major events of eight presidential administrations from Lyndon B. Johnson through George W. Bush.

Author : Loch K. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190682712

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Spy Watching by Loch K. Johnson Pdf

"Given the dangers in the world---from terrorism to pandemics---nations must have effective spy services; yet, to prevent the misuse of secret power, democracies must also ensure that their spies are well supervised. This book focuses on the obstacles encountered by America as it pursues more effective intelligence accountability"--

Author : Richard Trahair
Publisher : Enigma Books
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781936274260

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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by Richard Trahair Pdf

The only comprehensive and up-to-date book of its kind with the latest information.

Author : R. C. S. Trahair,Robert L. Miller
Publisher : Enigma Books
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781936274253

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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations by R. C. S. Trahair,Robert L. Miller Pdf

The only updated Cold War spy encyclopedia in print.

Author : Amy B. Zegart
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400830275

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Spying Blind by Amy B. Zegart Pdf

In this pathbreaking book, Amy Zegart provides the first scholarly examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. Until now, those failures have been attributed largely to individual mistakes. But Zegart shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable. Zegart argues that after the Cold War ended, the CIA and FBI failed to adapt to the rise of terrorism. She makes the case by conducting painstaking analysis of more than three hundred intelligence reform recommendations and tracing the history of CIA and FBI counterterrorism efforts from 1991 to 2001, drawing extensively from declassified government documents and interviews with more than seventy high-ranking government officials. She finds that political leaders were well aware of the emerging terrorist danger and the urgent need for intelligence reform, but failed to achieve the changes they sought. The same forces that have stymied intelligence reform for decades are to blame: resistance inside U.S. intelligence agencies, the rational interests of politicians and career bureaucrats, and core aspects of our democracy such as the fragmented structure of the federal government. Ultimately failures of adaptation led to failures of performance. Zegart reveals how longstanding organizational weaknesses left unaddressed during the 1990s prevented the CIA and FBI from capitalizing on twenty-three opportunities to disrupt the September 11 plot. Spying Blind is a sobering account of why two of America's most important intelligence agencies failed to adjust to new threats after the Cold War, and why they are unlikely to adapt in the future.

Author : Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780197667064

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Intelligence 6th Edition by Johnson Pdf

Author : Loch K. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216081005

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Essentials of Strategic Intelligence by Loch K. Johnson Pdf

A highly valuable resource for students of intelligence studies, strategy and security, and foreign policy, this volume provides readers with an accessible and comprehensive exploration of U.S. espionage activities that addresses both the practical and ethical implications that attend the art and science of spying. Essentials of Strategic Intelligence investigates a subject unknown to or misunderstood by most American citizens: how U.S. foreign and security policy is derived from the information collection operations and data analysis by the sixteen major U.S. intelligence agencies. The essays in this work draw back the curtain on the hidden side of America's government, explaining the roles of various intelligence missions, justifying the existence of U.S. intelligence agencies, and addressing the complex moral questions that arise in the conduct of secret operations. After an introductory overview, the book presents accessibly written essays on the key topics: intelligence collection-and-analysis, counterintelligence, covert action, and intelligence accountability. Readers will understand how intelligence directly informs policymakers and why democracies need secret agencies; learn how the CIA has become deeply involved in the war-like assassination operations that target suspected foreign terrorists, even some individuals who are American citizens; and appreciate how the existence of—and our reliance on—these intelligence agencies poses challenges for democratic governance.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313065286

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Strategic Intelligence by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

While several fine texts on intelligence have been published over the past decade, there is no complementary set of volumes that addresses the subject in a comprehensive manner for the general reader. This major set explains how the sixteen major U.S. intelligence agencies operate, how they collect information from around the world, the problems they face in providing further insight into this raw information through the techniques of analysis, and the difficulties that accompany the dissemination of intelligence to policymakers in a timely manner. Further, in a democracy it is important to have accountability over secret agencies and to consider some ethical benchmarks in carrying out clandestine operations. In addition to intelligence collection and analysis and the subject of intelligence accountability, this set addresses the challenges of counterintelligence and counterterrorism, as well covert action. Further, it provides comparisons regarding the various approaches to intelligence adopted by other nations around the world. Its five volumes underscore the history, the politics, and the policies needed for a solid comprehension of how the U.S. intelligence community functions in the modern age of globalization, characterized by a rapid flow of information across national boundaries.

Author : Arthur S. Hulnick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313038327

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Keeping Us Safe by Arthur S. Hulnick Pdf

How can the United States guard against a clever unknown enemy while still preserving the freedoms it holds dear? Hulnick explains the need to revamp U.S. intelligence operations from a system focused on a single Cold War enemy to one offering more flexibility in combating non-state actors (including terrorists, spies, and criminals) like those responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001. Offering possible solutions not to be found in the federal commission's official report, Hulnick's groundbreaking work examines what is really necessary to make intelligence and homeland security more efficient and competent, both at within the United States and abroad. The U.S. government's progress in establishing a system for homeland security is considerable, yet, besides shifts in alert status, most U.S. residents are unaware of the work being done to keep them safe. Describing the system already in place, Hulnick adds further ideas about what more is needed to protect Americans in the ever-changing world of intelligence. To create a truly valuable program, it is suggested the the United States consider not only new strategies and tactics, but also the need to break down the barriers between intelligence agencies and law enforcement.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101081978007

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Princeton Alumni Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey T. Richelson
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786742660

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The Wizards Of Langley by Jeffrey T. Richelson Pdf

In this, the first full-length study of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Jeffrey T. Richelson walks us down the corridors of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and through the four decades of science, scientists, and managers that produced the CIA we have today. He tells a story of amazing technological innovation in service of intelligence gathering, of bitter bureaucratic infighting, and sometimes, as in the case of its "mind-control" adventure, of stunning moral failure. Based on original interviews and extensive archival research, The Wizards of Langley turns a piercing lamp on many of the agency's activities, many never before made public.

Author : Peter Gill,Mark Phythian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509525232

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Intelligence in An Insecure World by Peter Gill,Mark Phythian Pdf

Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable intelligence in order to increase their sense of security. But what exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop it and to what ends? How can we ensure that intelligence is not abused? In this third edition of their classic text, Peter Gill and Mark Phythian set out a comprehensive framework for the study of intelligence, discussing how states organize the collection and analysis of information in order to produce intelligence, how it is acted upon, why it may fail and how the process should be governed in order to uphold democratic rights. Fully revised and updated throughout, the book covers recent developments, including the impact of the Snowden leaks on the role of intelligence agencies in Internet and social media surveillance and in defensive and offensive cyber operations, and the legal and political arrangements for democratic control. The role of intelligence as part of ‘hybrid’ warfare in the case of Russia and Ukraine is also explored, and the problems facing intelligence in the realm of counterterrorism is considered in the context of the recent wave of attacks in Western Europe. Intelligence in an Insecure World is an authoritative and accessible guide to a rapidly expanding area of inquiry – one that everyone has an interest in understanding.

Author : Philip H.J. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216103370

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Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States by Philip H.J. Davies Pdf

Bringing a dose of reality to the stuff of literary thrillers, this masterful study is the first closely detailed, comparative analysis of the evolution of the modern British and American intelligence communities. Intelligence and Government in Britain and the United States: A Comparative Perspective is an intensive, comparative exploration of the role of organizational and political culture in the development of the intelligence communities of America and her long-time ally. Each national system is examined as a detailed case study set in a common conceptual and theoretical framework. The first volume lays out that framework and examines the U.S. intelligence community. The second volume offers the U.K. case study as well as overall conclusions. Particular attention is paid here to the fundamentally different concepts of what "intelligence" entails in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as to the nations' different approaches to managing change- and information-intensive activities. The impact of these differences is demonstrated by examining the evolution of the two intelligence communities from their inceptions prior to World War II through their development during the Cold War and the transformations that have taken place since, especially in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks and 2003 invasion of Iraq.