Secret Agencies By Loch K. Johnson

This book examines how, and how well, the intelligence agencies of the

United States have been used by government officials since the end of World

War Two to guard and advance the global interests of the nation. My purpose

is to help inform the American people about the hidden side of their government.

For democracy relies on a knowledgeable citizenry to provide general

guidance to those few individuals who make foreign policy decisions on their

behalf.

America’s secret agencies engage in three primary missions. First and foremost,

they are expected to gather and interpret information from around the

world (referred to by intelligence officers as collection and analysis). Second,

the agencies are expected to protect U.S. government secrets from espionage

by other governments (counterintelligence). Third, from time to time they have

been directed to oppose the nation’s adversaries through the use of aggressive

clandestine operations abroad (covert action). Throughout the Cold War

(1945–91) the Soviet Union was the nemesis of American foreign policy and

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