Spies, Lies, and Algorithms (eBook)

The History and Future of American Intelligence

Amy B. Zegart (Autor)

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2022
424 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22308-7 (ISBN)

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A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy. In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.Drawing on decades of research and hundreds of interviews with intelligence officials, Zegart provides a history of U.S. espionage, from George Washington's Revolutionary War spies to today's spy satellites; examines how fictional spies are influencing real officials; gives an overview of intelligence basics and life inside America's intelligence agencies; explains the deadly cognitive biases that can mislead analysts; and explores the vexed issues of traitors, covert action, and congressional oversight. Most of all, Zegart describes how technology is empowering new enemies and opportunities, and creating powerful new players, such as private citizens who are successfully tracking nuclear threats using little more than Google Earth. And she shows why cyberspace is, in many ways, the ultimate cloak-and-dagger battleground, where nefarious actors employ deception, subterfuge, and advanced technology for theft, espionage, and information warfare.A fascinating and revealing account of espionage for the digital age, Spies, Lies, and Algorithms is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the reality of spying today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 11 b/w illus. 6 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Algorithmen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: Abuse of authority • Al-Qaeda • assassination • Atomic spies • bribery • Bureau of Intelligence and Research • Central Intelligence Agency • CIA counterintelligence • circumstantial evidence • Clandestine cell system • Clandestine HUMINT • classified information • Computer worm • Confirmation Bias • Conspiracy Theory • Counter-Insurgency • Counterintelligence • Counter-Terrorism • Counterterrorism Center • covert operation • Cryptanalysis • cryptography • Cyber-Attack • Cyber threat intelligence • demagogue • Denial and deception • denial-of-service attack • deterrence theory • Director of Central Intelligence • Director of National Intelligence • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency • disinformation • double agent • drug lord • electoral fraud • Encryption • Espionage • Fabricator (intelligence) • Fake Claims • generative adversarial networks • Hacking tool • Identity Theft • Imminent Threat • Information asymmetry • Information Overload • Information Warfare • insider threat • Insurgency • Intelligence agency • Intelligence Analysis • Intelligence Authorization Act • intelligence officer • Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act • Iran–Contra affair • Jihadism • KGB • lie detection • MafiaBoy • Malware • Mole (espionage) • Mossad • national security • National Security Archive • NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–07) • Nuclear warfare • On Intelligence • Osama bin Laden • palmer raids • Persecution • Policy • Political corruption • Political Crime • Political repression • Rogue state • Sabotage • Sanctions against Iran • Secret Intelligence Service • security agency • Sensitive Compartmented Information • Smuggling • Spycatcher • spy fiction • Spymaster • State secrets privilege • Stuxnet • Subversion • Targeted Killing • terrorism • Theft • The Shadow Factory • Think Secret • Top Secret America • Trade secret • undercover operation • United States Intelligence Community • United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations • Vulnerability (computing) • warfare • Watergate scandal • weapon of mass destruction
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22308-4 / 0691223084
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22308-7 / 9780691223087