Science, Scientists, and the CIA: Balancing International Ideals, National Needs, and Professional Opportunities
In: Intelligence and national security, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 59-81
ISSN: 0268-4527
Post-WWII relations between the intelligence (eg, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]) & scientific communities are discussed, emphasizing the role of science & scientists in producing & gathering intelligence. It is argued that tensions between the intelligence community's need for secrecy & the control of information & the scientific community's hallmark of openness & resistance to attempts at outside control influenced the range & success of their interactions. It is concluded that the establishment of scientific intelligence in the CIA was not completely successful, especially since the CIA's direction sometimes led to moral & ethical lapses in the practice of science. However, CIA scientific analysts also helped promote scientific assistance programs in Latin America & sub-Saharan Africa & the agency promoted specific research in the US. J. Ferrari
