"MI6 and the Machinery of Spying "traces the development of the
agency's internal structure from its inception until the end of the
Cold War. The analysis examines how its management structure has
been driven by its operational environment on the one hand and its
position within the machinery of British central government on the
other. Close attention is paid to the agency's institutional links
to its consumers in Whitehall and Downing Street, as well as to the
causes and consequences of its operational organization and
provisions for counter-espionage and security.
The book presents a detailed response to assertions that the SIS
was historically chronically mismanaged and badly organized, and to
claims that it is unaccountable to political and public oversight.
It also argues that where SIS activities have resulted in public
disasters and scandals the reason has usually been less its lack of
accountability and control than the very high degree of control and
direction exercised by opportunistic politicians and the senior
Civil Servants.
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