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Fair Play - The Moral Dilemmas of Spying (Paperback)
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Fair Play - The Moral Dilemmas of Spying (Paperback)
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Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first
spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good
becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands
outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement
as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary
for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service
is permissible for the public good? These questions are at the
heart of James M. Olson's book, "Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of
Spying," Olson, a veteran of the CIA's clandestine service, takes
readers inside the real world of intelligence to describe the
difficult dilemmas that field officers face on an almost daily
basis. Far from being a dry theoretical treatise, this fascinating
book uses actual intelligence operations to illustrate how murky
their moral choices can be. Readers will be surprised to learn that
the CIA provides very little guidance on what is, or is not,
permissible. Rather than empowering field officers, the author has
found that this lack of guidelines actually hampers operations.
Olson believes that U.S. intelligence officers need clearer moral
guidelines to make correct, quick decisions. Significantly, he
believes these guidelines should come from the American public, not
from closed-door meetings inside the intelligence community. "Fair
Play" will encourage a broad public debate about the proper moral
limits on U.S. intelligence activities.
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