Espionage and Intelligence
Espionage and Intelligence | Digital Spies Pose a Serious Threat to National Security
About the author: Barry Neild is a British journalist who covers technology issues for publications such as Computer Weekly.
When suburban granny Melita Norwood ambled down her garden path [in 1999] and proudly admitted to the assembled media that she had spent the best years of her life spying for the Soviet Government, it signalled the unearthing of a chapter of espionage history that had largely been buried under the remains of the Berlin Wall.
Mrs. Norwood’s exposure as one of the spying game’s more unlikely agents harked back to a nostalgia-steeped era of...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Justified?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- CIA Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Are Justified
- Brutal Interrogation Techniques May Be Necessary to Gather Valuable Intelligence
- Covert Operations Are Corrupt and Immoral
- Using Drug Money to Finance CIA Activities Is Wrong
- Polygraph Testing to Prevent Espionage at Nuclear Weapons Labs Undermines Security
- Espionage Tactics That Misinform the American Public Are Corrosive
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Chapter 2: Should the United States Reform Its Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Methods?
- Intelligence Reforms: An Overview
- The United States Should Reform Its Intelligence- Gathering Methods
- The FBI Must Improve Its Counterespionage Strategies
- Improved Surveillance and Information Sharing Is Necessary to Protect America Against Terrorists
- U.S. Intelligence Agencies Must Curb Their Reliance on Surveillance Technology
- The U.S. Intelligence Community Must Develop More Human Intelligence to Combat Terrorism
- CIA Intelligence-Gathering Methods Have Been Successful in Fighting Terrorism
- Counterespionage Reforms at U.S. Intelligence Agencies Are Unnecessary
- The CIA Should Not Become Involved in Direct Combat Operations
- Tighter Controls to Prevent Espionage at U.S. Research Laboratories Are Harmful
- Creating a Defense Department Intelligence Czar Could Bias Intelligence Gathering
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Chapter 3: Do Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Violate Civil Liberties?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Granting Intelligence Agencies Increased Powers to Fight Terrorism Threatens Civil Liberties
- The Total Information Awareness System Violates Privacy Rights
- Secret Review Courts Foster Violations of Civil Liberties
- Expanding FBI Intelligence-Gathering Powers Will Violate Civil Liberties
- Intelligence Gathering to Prevent Economic Espionage Violates Civil Liberties
- Granting Intelligence Agencies Increased Powers to Fight Terrorism Does Not Threaten Civil Liberties
- The Total Information Awareness System Does Not Violate Privacy Rights
- Secret Review Courts Do Not Foster Violations of Civil Liberties
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Chapter 4: What Challenges Will the Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Community Face in the Twenty-First Century?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Changing Nature of Warfare Requires New Intelligence-Gathering Techniques
- Emerging Terrorist Threats Require New Spying Strategies
- U.S. Counterintelligence Methods Must Be Improved
- Digital Spies Pose a Serious Threat to National Security
- Globalization Is Making It Easier for Foreign-Born Citizens to Spy on the United States
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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