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National security intelligence is a vast, complex and intriguing topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it.In the third edition of his authoritative introduction to the field, world-renowned 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 activit...

National security intelligence is a vast, complex and intriguing topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it.In the third edition of his authoritative introduction to the field, world-renowned 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 activit...

Covert action, often called the Third Option, refers to efforts by the US to secretly influence international affairs through propaganda, as well as political, economic, and paramilitary operations. It is a dimly lit world of secret agents, weaponry, foreign election propaganda, and counterfeit foreign currencies-a largely invisible realm of clandestine activities governed by the best of intentions, yet sometimes yielding the worst of results....

Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies-An Anthology, is the most up-to-date reader in intelligence studies. Editors Loch K. Johnson and James J. Wirtz present a diverse, comprehensive, and highly accessible set of thirty-five readings by leading experts in the field. This unique volume features coverage of many topics including methods of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, the danger of intelligence politicization, relationships ...

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Covert action, often called the Third Option, refers to efforts by the US to secretly influence international affairs through propaganda, as well as political, economic, and paramilitary operations. It is a dimly lit world of secret agents, weaponry, foreign election propaganda, and counterfeit foreign currencies-a largely invisible realm of clandestine activities governed by the best of intentions, yet sometimes yielding the worst of results....

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An authoritative overview of both America's intelligence agencies and Congress's intermittent efforts to reign them in through oversight~Emphasizes the media's crucial role in checking intelligence agencies' secret abuse of power~Features new interviews with U.S. spymasters, delving into their view on the tug-of-war between privacy and security~Draws on new oral histories from the staff of the Church Committee, which revolutionized intelligenc...

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In The Threat on the Horizon, eminent national security scholar Loch K. Johnson, offers a comprehensive insider's account of the Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995-1996. Based on a close sifting of government documents and media reports, interviews with participants, and, above all, his own eyewitness impressions, Johnson's thorough history offers a unique window onto why the terrorist attacks of 2001 caught the United States by surprise and why t...

Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson.Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and "an experienced overseer of intelligence" (Foreign Affairs), here examines the presen...

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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...