National Security Intelligence
2nd Edition
Published on 21. April 2017
314 pages
978-1-5095-1308-6 (ISBN)
Description
National security intelligence is a vast, complex, and important topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it.
In the second edition of his definitive introduction to the field, leading intelligence expert Loch K. Johnson guides readers skilfully through this shadowy side of government. Drawing on over forty years of experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, he explains the three primary missions of intelligence: information collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, before moving on to explore the wider dilemmas posed by the existence of secret government organizations in open, democratic societies. Recent developments including the controversial leaks by the American intelligence official Edward J. Snowden, the U.S. Senate's Torture Report, and the ongoing debate over the use of drones are explored alongside difficult questions such as why intelligence agencies inevitably make mistakes in assessing world events; why some intelligence officers choose to engage in treason against their own country on behalf of foreign regimes; and how spy agencies can succumb to scandals -including highly intrusive surveillance against the very citizens they are meant to protect.
Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, National Security Intelligence is tailor-made to meet the interests of students and general readers who care about how nations shield themselves against threats through the establishment of intelligence organizations, and how they strive for safeguards to prevent the misuse of this secret power.
In the second edition of his definitive introduction to the field, leading intelligence expert Loch K. Johnson guides readers skilfully through this shadowy side of government. Drawing on over forty years of experience studying intelligence agencies and their activities, he explains the three primary missions of intelligence: information collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, before moving on to explore the wider dilemmas posed by the existence of secret government organizations in open, democratic societies. Recent developments including the controversial leaks by the American intelligence official Edward J. Snowden, the U.S. Senate's Torture Report, and the ongoing debate over the use of drones are explored alongside difficult questions such as why intelligence agencies inevitably make mistakes in assessing world events; why some intelligence officers choose to engage in treason against their own country on behalf of foreign regimes; and how spy agencies can succumb to scandals -including highly intrusive surveillance against the very citizens they are meant to protect.
Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, National Security Intelligence is tailor-made to meet the interests of students and general readers who care about how nations shield themselves against threats through the establishment of intelligence organizations, and how they strive for safeguards to prevent the misuse of this secret power.
Reviews / Votes
"The world of intelligence is myth-ridden in the popular imagination. Loch Johnson, one of the most eminent and experienced scholars on the subject, here supplies an excellent, compact, and readable introduction that makes the principal aspects of intelligence refreshingly intelligible to all."-Richard K. Betts, Columbia University, author of Enemies of Intelligence
"Loch Johnson's 'National Security Intelligence' is a wonderful asset for those professors aiming to introduce students to the complexities, the dangers, and the importance of the U.S. intelligence establishment. The painful truth is that most Americans know very little about our government's intelligence agencies beyond what they have learned from movies, television shows, and lurid headlines. This book can work wonders in educating students (and indeed, ordinary citizens) seeking to understand intelligence. It is well-written, and manages to combine brevity with depth and nuance."
-David Barrett, Villanova University
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Loch K. Johnson is the Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, as well as a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Content
* Contents
* About the Author
* List of Figures and Tables
* List of Abbreviations
* Preface: The Study of National Security Intelligence
* Acknowledgments
* 1 National Security Intelligence: The First Line of Defense
* 2 Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Knowing about theWorld
* 3 Covert Action: Secret Attempts to Shape History
* 4 Counterintelligence: The Hunt for Moles
* 5 Safeguards against the Abuse of Secret Power
* 6 National Security Intelligence: Shield and Hidden Swordof the Democracies
* Notes
* Suggested Readings
* Index
ATC air traffic control BENS Business Executives for National Security CA covert action CAS Covert Action Staff CASIS Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies CE counterespionage CHAOS cryptonym (codename) for CIA domestic spying operation CI counterintelligence CIA Central Intelligence Agency (the "Agency") CIAB Citizens' Intelligence Advisory Board (proposed) CIG Central Intelligence Group COCOM combatant commander (Pentagon) COINTELPRO FBI Counterintelligence Program comint communications intelligence COS Chief of Station (the top CIA officer in the field) CTC Counterterrorism Center (CIA) D Democrat DA Directorate of Administration DBA dominant battle field awareness DC District of Columbia (Washington) DCI Director of Central Intelligence DCIA or D/CIA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency DDI Deputy Director for Intelligence DDNI Deputy Director of National Intelligence DDO Deputy Director for Operations DEA Drug Enforcement Administration DHS Department of Homeland Security; also, Defense Humint Service (DoD) DI Directorate of Intelligence (CIA) DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DIAC Defense Intelligence Agency Center DNC Democratic National Committee DNI Director of National Intelligence DO Directorate of Operations (CIA), also known at times earlier in the CIA's history as the Clandestine Services and the National Clandestine Services DoD Department of Defense DS Directorate of Support DS&T Directorate for Science and Technology (CIA) elint electronic intelligence FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA Court Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court fisint foreign instrumentation intelligence GAO Government Accountability Office (U.S. Congress) geoint geospatial intelligence GID General Intelligence Directorate (the Jordanian intelligence service, also known as the Mukhabarat) GPS Global Position Service GRU Soviet Military Intelligence HPSCI House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence humint human intelligence (espionage assets) IC Intelligence Community ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile IG Inspector General imint imagery intelligence (photography) INR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Department of State) ints intelligence collection methods (as in "sigint") IOB Intelligence Oversight Board IRBM intermediate-range ballistic missile IRTPA Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (2004) ISA Inter-Services Intelligence (the Pakistani intelligence service); also, International Studies Association ITT International Telephone and Telegraph (an American corporation) I & W indicators and warning JENNIFER Codename for CIA Soviet submarine retrieval operation in the 1970s (also known as Project AZORIAN) KGB Soviet Secret Police and Foreign Intelligence: Committee for State Security KJ Key Judgment (NIE executive summary) KSM Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Al Qaeda terrorist said to have mastermined the 9/11 attacks MAGIC Allied codebreaking operations against the Japanese in World War II masint measurement and signatures intelligence MI5 British Security Service MINARET cryptonym for NSA warrantless telephone taps against Americans (pre-1975) MIP Military Intelligence Program MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS - United Kingdom) MRBM medium-range ballistic missile NCA National Command Authority NCS National Clandestine Service NCTC National Counterterrorism Center NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NIC National Intelligence Council NIE National Intelligence Estimate NIM National Intelligence Manager (ODNI) NIO National Intelligence Officer NIPF National Intelligence Priorities Framework NIP National Intelligence Program NOC non-official cover NPIC National Photographic Interpretation Center NRO National Reconnaissance Office NSA National Security Agency NSC National Security Council NSI National Security Intelligence NSL national security letter OBE overtaken by events OC official cover ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence OLC Office of Legal Counsel (Justice Department) OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries osint open-source intelligence OSS Office of Strategic Services PDB President's Daily Brief PDD Presidential Decision Directive PFIAB President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (as of 2008, PIAB) phoint photographic intelligence PIAB President's Intelligence Advisory Board PM ops paramilitary operations PRC People's Republic of China PRISM Codename for controversial NSA sigint program targeting, without a court warrant, suspected terrorists - including some Americans (post-9/11) RFE Radio Free Europe R Republican RL Radio Liberty SA special activities SAM surface-to-air missile SCIF sensitive compartmented information facility SDO support to diplomatic operations SecDef Secretary of Defense SHAMROCK cryptonym for NSA program to read international cables from and to American citizens (pre-1975) sigint signals intelligence SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile ... SMO
* About the Author
* List of Figures and Tables
* List of Abbreviations
* Preface: The Study of National Security Intelligence
* Acknowledgments
* 1 National Security Intelligence: The First Line of Defense
* 2 Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Knowing about theWorld
* 3 Covert Action: Secret Attempts to Shape History
* 4 Counterintelligence: The Hunt for Moles
* 5 Safeguards against the Abuse of Secret Power
* 6 National Security Intelligence: Shield and Hidden Swordof the Democracies
* Notes
* Suggested Readings
* Index
Abbreviations
ATC air traffic control BENS Business Executives for National Security CA covert action CAS Covert Action Staff CASIS Canadian Association of Security and Intelligence Studies CE counterespionage CHAOS cryptonym (codename) for CIA domestic spying operation CI counterintelligence CIA Central Intelligence Agency (the "Agency") CIAB Citizens' Intelligence Advisory Board (proposed) CIG Central Intelligence Group COCOM combatant commander (Pentagon) COINTELPRO FBI Counterintelligence Program comint communications intelligence COS Chief of Station (the top CIA officer in the field) CTC Counterterrorism Center (CIA) D Democrat DA Directorate of Administration DBA dominant battle field awareness DC District of Columbia (Washington) DCI Director of Central Intelligence DCIA or D/CIA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency DDI Deputy Director for Intelligence DDNI Deputy Director of National Intelligence DDO Deputy Director for Operations DEA Drug Enforcement Administration DHS Department of Homeland Security; also, Defense Humint Service (DoD) DI Directorate of Intelligence (CIA) DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DIAC Defense Intelligence Agency Center DNC Democratic National Committee DNI Director of National Intelligence DO Directorate of Operations (CIA), also known at times earlier in the CIA's history as the Clandestine Services and the National Clandestine Services DoD Department of Defense DS Directorate of Support DS&T Directorate for Science and Technology (CIA) elint electronic intelligence FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA Court Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court fisint foreign instrumentation intelligence GAO Government Accountability Office (U.S. Congress) geoint geospatial intelligence GID General Intelligence Directorate (the Jordanian intelligence service, also known as the Mukhabarat) GPS Global Position Service GRU Soviet Military Intelligence HPSCI House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence humint human intelligence (espionage assets) IC Intelligence Community ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile IG Inspector General imint imagery intelligence (photography) INR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Department of State) ints intelligence collection methods (as in "sigint") IOB Intelligence Oversight Board IRBM intermediate-range ballistic missile IRTPA Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (2004) ISA Inter-Services Intelligence (the Pakistani intelligence service); also, International Studies Association ITT International Telephone and Telegraph (an American corporation) I & W indicators and warning JENNIFER Codename for CIA Soviet submarine retrieval operation in the 1970s (also known as Project AZORIAN) KGB Soviet Secret Police and Foreign Intelligence: Committee for State Security KJ Key Judgment (NIE executive summary) KSM Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Al Qaeda terrorist said to have mastermined the 9/11 attacks MAGIC Allied codebreaking operations against the Japanese in World War II masint measurement and signatures intelligence MI5 British Security Service MINARET cryptonym for NSA warrantless telephone taps against Americans (pre-1975) MIP Military Intelligence Program MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS - United Kingdom) MRBM medium-range ballistic missile NCA National Command Authority NCS National Clandestine Service NCTC National Counterterrorism Center NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NIC National Intelligence Council NIE National Intelligence Estimate NIM National Intelligence Manager (ODNI) NIO National Intelligence Officer NIPF National Intelligence Priorities Framework NIP National Intelligence Program NOC non-official cover NPIC National Photographic Interpretation Center NRO National Reconnaissance Office NSA National Security Agency NSC National Security Council NSI National Security Intelligence NSL national security letter OBE overtaken by events OC official cover ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence OLC Office of Legal Counsel (Justice Department) OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries osint open-source intelligence OSS Office of Strategic Services PDB President's Daily Brief PDD Presidential Decision Directive PFIAB President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (as of 2008, PIAB) phoint photographic intelligence PIAB President's Intelligence Advisory Board PM ops paramilitary operations PRC People's Republic of China PRISM Codename for controversial NSA sigint program targeting, without a court warrant, suspected terrorists - including some Americans (post-9/11) RFE Radio Free Europe R Republican RL Radio Liberty SA special activities SAM surface-to-air missile SCIF sensitive compartmented information facility SDO support to diplomatic operations SecDef Secretary of Defense SHAMROCK cryptonym for NSA program to read international cables from and to American citizens (pre-1975) sigint signals intelligence SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile ... SMO
