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Overview of the purposes, methods, and experiences of the US intelligence community. Covers collection and analysis, covert operations, counterespionage, security, domestic and foreign policy aspects, and comparisons with other secret services.

Intro -- HOW TO GO TO YOUR PAGE -- Preface -- VOLUME 1 - Understanding the Hidden Side of Government -- CONTENTS - Volume 1 -- 1. An Introduction to the Intelligence Studies Literature -- 2. Cloaks, Daggers, and Ivory Towers: Why Academics Don't Study U.S. Intelligence -- 3. Studying Intelligence: A British Perspective -- 4. Democratic Deficit Be Damned: The Executive Use of Legislators to Scrutinize National Security in Canada -- 5. Sources and Methods in the Study of Intelligence: A British View -- 6. Searching Where the Light Shines? An American View of Methods for the Study of Intelligence -- 7. The Challenges of Intelligence Analysis -- 8. The Intelligence-Policy Nexus -- 9. Sorting the Wood from the Trees: Were 9/11 and Iraq "Intelligence Failures"? -- 10. Intelligence of the Past -- Intelligence for the Future -- 11. National Intelligence in the Age of Transparency -- A. Intelligence Excerpts from the National Security Act of 1947 -- B. A Brief History of U.S. Intelligence -- C. The U.S. Intelligence Community, 1985 -- The U.S. Intelligence Community, 2006 -- The Organization of the Central Intelligence Agency, with Details on the Directorate for Intelligence-Home of the CIA's Analysts -- D. An Aerial Photograph of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1996 -- E. Leadership of the U.S. Intelligence Community, 1947-2006 -- F. Sherman Kent on "The Need for an Intelligence Literature -- G. The Aspin-Brown Commission on the Purpose and Challenges of Intelligence -- H. A Tale of Counterintelligence -- Index - Volume 1 -- VOLUME 2 - The Intelligence Cycle: The Flow of Secret Information from Overseas to the Highest Councils of Government -- CONTENTS - Volume 2 -- 1. What's Wrong with the Intelligence Cycle? -- 2. The Challenge of Global Intelligence Listening -- 3. Prometheus Embattled: A Post-9/11 Report Card on the National Security Agency.

A highly valuable resource for students of intelligence studies, strategy and security, and foreign policy, this volume provides readers with an accessible and comprehensive exploration of U.S. espionage activities that addresses both the practical and ethical implications that attend the art and science of spying. Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of all aspects of intelligence by experts in the field, from collection-and-analysis and counterintelligence to covert action and accountability. Probes into how the United States' intelligence agencies attempt to protect the nation from cyberattacks by foreign nations and terrorist groups--and documents the successes and failures. Documents the involvement of the National Security Agency (NSA) in bulk "metadata" collection of information on the telephone records and social media communications of American citizens. Examines the effects that have resulted from major leaks in the U.S. government, from Wikileaks to the NSA Snowden leaks