Presents nearly thirty essays on opposing sides of espionage and intelligence gathering debates, discussing justification, civil liberties, methods, and twenty-first century challenges. Includes an annotated list of organizations and a bibliography.
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CIA espionage and intelligence-gathering activities are justified / Ernest W. Lefever. -- Brutal interrogation techniques may be necessary to gather valuable intelligence / Bruce Hoffman. -- Covert operations are corrupt and immoral / Ramsey Clark. -- Using drug money to finance CIA activities is wrong / Alain Labrousse. -- Polygraph testing to prevent espionage at nuclear weapons labs undermines security / Alan P. Zelicoff. -- Espionage tactics that misinform the American public are corrosive / Ted Gup. -- Intelligence reforms: an overview / Brian Hansen. -- The United States should reform its intelligence-gathering methods / John M. Deutch and Jeffrey H. Smith. -- The FBI must improve its counterespionage strategies / Patrick Leahy. -- Improved surveillance and information sharing is necessary to protect America against terrorists / Michael Scardaville. -- U.S. intelligence agencies must curb their reliance on surveillance technology / Kevin Hogan. -- The U.S. intelligence community must develop more human intelligence to combat terrorism / Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton. -- CIA intelligence-gathering methods have been successful in fighting terrorism / James L. Pavitt. -- Counterespionage reforms at U.S. intelligence agencies are unnecessary / Jay Taylor. -- The CIA should not become involved in direct combat operations / Bruce Berkowitz. -- Tighter controls to prevent espionage at U.S. research laboratories are harmful / Neal Lane. -- Creating a defense department intelligence czar could bias intelligence gathering / Jason Vest. -- Granting intelligence agencies increased powers to fight terrorism threatens civil liberties / Philip B. Heymann. -- The total information awareness system violates privacy rights / John Allen Paulos. -- Secret review courts foster violations of civil liberties / Charles Levendosky. -- Expanding FBI intelligence-gathering powers will violate civil liberties / Nat Hentoff. -- Intelligence gathering to prevent economic espionage violates civil liberties / Andrew Grosso. -- Granting intelligence agencies increased powers to fight terrorism does not threaten civil liberties / Viet D. Dinh. -- The total information awareness system does not violate privacy rights / Jeff Carley. -- Secret review courts do not foster violations of civil liberties / Stuart Taylor Jr. -- The changing nature of warfare requires new intelligence-gathering techniques / G.I. Wilson, John P. Sullivan and Hal Kempfer. -- Emerging terrorist threats require new spying strategies / Gregory F. Treverton. -- U.S. counterintelligence methods must be improved / Richard Shelby. -- Digital spies pose a serious threat to national security / Barry Neild. -- Globalization is making it easier for foreign-born citizens to spy on the United States / Bill Gertz.