Breve historia del espionaje le introducirá en el enigmático mundo del espionaje desde la Antigüedad hasta nuestros días. Trataremos su evolución desde el uso de las técnicas más básicas como el engaño y la traición, pasando por la criptografía en la Edad Media, el surgimiento de la Inquisición o la tecnología más avanzada en la actualidad. Cuando se habla de espías enseguida pensamos en Mata-Hari, pero ya en la Biblia aparecen los...

Robert Philip Hansen thought he was smarter than the system. For decades, the quirky but respected counterintelligence expert, religious family man, and father of six, sold top-secret information to agents of the Soviet Union and Russia. A self-taught computer expert, Hansen often encrypted his stolen files on wafer-thin disks. The data-some 6000 pages of highly classified documents-revealed precious nuclear secrets, outlined American espionage initiatives,...

What motivates someone to risk his or her life in the shadowy, often dangerous world of espionage? What are the needs and opportunities for spying amid the "war on terrorism"? And how can the United States recruit spies to inform its struggle with Islamic fundamentalists' acts of anti-Western jihad? Drawing on over twenty-five years of experience, Frederick P. Hitz, a former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, guides the reader...

Amy Zegart examines the weaknesses of US intelligence oversight and why those deficiencies have persisted, despite the unprecedented importance of intelligence in today's environment. She argues that many of the biggest oversight problems lie with Congress-the institution, not the parties or personalities-showing how Congress has collectively and persistently tied its own hands in overseeing intelligence.

The author reveals the dangerous weaknesses undermining domestic intelligence in the United States and tells why a new national security service should not be part of the FBI. He explains the need for a new domestic intelligence agency, modeled on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and lodged in the Department of Homeland Security.

The NSA's extensive surveillance program has riveted America as the public questions the threats to their privacy. As reported by The Washington Post, in their Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of whistleblower Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, NSA SECRETS delves into the shadowy world of information gathering, exposing how data about you is being gathered every day. From his earliest encrypted exchanges with reporters, Edward Snowden knew he was a man in...

Ce livre parle de l'impensable. Quelque chose que la plupart des gens ne croient pas arriver, ou que ce n'est qu'une menace d'il y a longtemps, comme regarder un film en noir et blanc sur les guerres d'il y a longtemps. Avec leurs promenades mécaniques à l'air maladroit et leurs vêtements et leur technologie à l'air bizarre. Ce livre explore l'effondrement à moitié simulé de l'Union soviétique. Et la montée secrète de leur haine, et les...

Both the Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have served as the nation's eyes, ears, and daggers, often in close cooperation but occasionally at cross-purposes throughout their histories. In this book, Thomas H. Henriksen examines the warrior-spy connection both before and after the formation of the SOF and the CIA. Henriksen shows how, by adopting an intelligence-driven, targeted counterstrike weapon against...

Investigative Journalist George Webb and Creativity Expert Peter Duke team up to condense the reporter's 4,000 reports over four years of reporting on DNC corruption to a easy to understand, story form. Learn how Duke took Webb through a tried and true creativity process to synthesize years of shoe leather reporting into a crisp, visual summary. This book will be equally enjoyed by both Democrats and Republican unless you worked in the Hillary Clinton...

Get the Summary of Liza Mundy's The Sisterhood in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Sisterhood" by Liza Mundy chronicles the experiences of women in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and the CIA, highlighting their significant yet often overlooked contributions to American intelligence. The book begins with the OSS's recruitment and training of a diverse workforce during World War II, emphasizing the inclusion...