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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The World Of Intelligence

Eye Spy Intelligence Magazine is the world’s only independent publication dedicated to

espionage and intelligence. First published in May 2001, the title is now available in 36

countries and read by over 100,000 people worldwide.

Often described as the bridge between ‘officialdom’ and the public, Eye Spy is extremely

popular with those who work in intelligence, security, defence and specialist wings of the

armed forces. Indeed, it is subscribed to by hundreds of official intelligence agencies,

government training academies, military forces and security colleges throughout the

world. However, its non-political - visual editorial and easy-reading style ‘demystifies’ the

intelligence subject, making it equally as popular with people from all walks of life -

including the media. It is a constant provider of a certain type and quantity of information

that is not found in any other publication. Readers are assured they will always find something

of interest within its 84 full colour pages; whether it’s the inside story of a lengthy

government surveillance operation, an interview with a CIA polygraph examiner, MI6’s

role behind the assassination of Rasputin, or the tradecraft used by those who ply their

trade in the world’s second oldest profession, Eye Spy has become somewhat of a “must

have” publication. The title can be found in Barnes and Noble, W. H. Smith, Borders and

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The Secret Agents Who Changed The Course Of History

"spy" is still not a nice word. (Which is why espionage organizations

prefer to call themselves "intelligence agencies," and their

employees prefer the job title "intelligence officer.") However

much modern political cynicism might concede the necessity of

snooping on certain other people in a dangerous world, espionage

is not a profession parents hope their children will enter.

Spying acquired its unsavory reputation at the moment of

its birth, somewhere around 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt,

when King Thutmosis III hit upon the idea of concealing men

inside flour sacks to spy on the besieged city of Jaffa. Thutmosis

organized history's first official government state espionage apparatus,

an innovation he later had chiseled among hieroglyphics

recording the triumphs of his reign—although he was careful to

categorize his espionage feats under the heading of "secret science."

They represented a distinctly secondary note alongside

such real accomplishments as the construction of cities and the

filling of granaries that provided food for his people. Thutmosis

may have been a great spymaster, but he sensed there was something

not quite nice about snooping, even on his enemies, and it

is clear that he much preferred to be remembered for other examples

of his statecraft.

The Bible subsequently recorded Moses dispatching spies to "go

spy the land," but it was not until the creation of great nation

states three centuries ago that organized espionage—and spies—

became an integral part of statecraft. At the same time, a distaste

for spies and spying began to develop among the people of those

great nation states. (James Bond is only the latest in a long line

of fictional characters who never seem to dirty their hands in the

real-life grubby world of the spy.)

In the twentieth century, entire armies of spies have been

deployed during a period in history marked by almost continuous

war. And where there is war, there are spies. To confront the more

than 200,000 spies employed by the Soviet Union at the height

of its power, and the slighdy smaller espionage army of the United

States is to understand how deeply spying has woven itself into

the fabric of modern civilization.

This century has sometimes been called "the century of the

spy," because the insatiable quest for information by modern industrialized

states has created the vast armies of spies who have

come to play such a critical role in the course of world history.

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