IN A COUNTRY where talk of conspiracies is often a national
pastime, the deepest, sometimes darkest, secrets have long been
held by Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (Badan Intelijen
Negara, or BIN). Whether targeting communist diplomats, foreign
terrorists, or domestic dissidents, BIN and its precursor
organizations have been the covert spearhead of the nation's
security policy. Here, for the first time, this secretive agency is
exposed in INTEL: Inside Indonesia's Intelligence Service by noted
author Ken Conboy. Drawing from exclusive access to BIN's personnel
and operational archives, Conboy examines the agents and their
operations since BIN's founding fifty years ago, and sheds new
light on Indonesia's role in the Cold War with case studies of
North Korean, Soviet, and Vietnamese operations across the
archipelago and BIN's current position at the forefront on the war
against terrorism. From the activities and subsequent captures of
both Faruq and Hambali to the Indonesian operations of al-Qaeda,
this book provides far more detail and insight than previously
available. Understanding BIN is an integral part of understanding
the politics and security of Indonesia, and INTEL is essential
reading for anyone interested in intelligence operations,
contemporary Indonesian history, and international terrorism. KEN
CONBOY is country manager for Risk Management Advisory, a private
security consultancy in Jakarta. Prior to that, he served as deputy
director at the Asian Studies Center, an influential
Washington-based think tank, where his duties including writing
policy papers for the U.S. Congress and Executive on economic and
strategic relations with the nations of South and Southeast Asia.
The author of a dozen books about Asian military history and
intelligence operations, Conboy's most recent title, Spies in the
Himalayas, has earned praise as an intriguing account of
high-altitude mountaineering and covert missions. A graduate of
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and of Johns
Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, Conboy was also
a visiting fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and has
lived in Indonesia since 1992.
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