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National Security Intelligence, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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National Security Intelligence, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
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National security intelligence is a vast, complex, and important
topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the
thick veils of secrecy that surround it. In the second edition of
his definitive introduction to the field, leading intelligence
expert Loch K. Johnson guides readers skilfully through this
shadowy side of government. Drawing on over forty years of
experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, he
explains the three primary missions of intelligence: information
collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action,
before moving on to explore the wider dilemmas posed by the
existence of secret government organizations in open, democratic
societies. Recent developments including the controversial leaks by
the American intelligence official Edward J. Snowden, the U.S.
Senate's Torture Report, and the ongoing debate over the use of
drones are explored alongside difficult questions such as why
intelligence agencies inevitably make mistakes in assessing world
events; why some intelligence officers choose to engage in treason
against their own country on behalf of foreign regimes; and how spy
agencies can succumb to scandals -including highly intrusive
surveillance against the very citizens they are meant to protect.
Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, National Security
Intelligence is tailor-made to meet the interests of students and
general readers who care about how nations shield themselves
against threats through the establishment of intelligence
organizations, and how they strive for safeguards to prevent the
misuse of this secret power.
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