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008			170511t2017 uk||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a978-1-5095-1305-5
021			_axx
035			_a(OCoLC)1365141352
040			_cES-MaBCM
100	1		_aJohnson, Loch K. _923775
245	1	0	_aNational security intelligence _b: secret operations in defense of the democracies _cLoch K. Johnson
250			_a2ª ed., [fully revised an updated]
260			_aCambridge : _bPolity, _c2017
300			_aXXI, 273 p. _bil., gráf. _c23 cm
500			_aÍndice analítico
504			_aIncluye referencias bilbiográficas
520			_aNational 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.
650	2	7	_aServicio secreto _960242
650	2	7	_aSeguridad internacional _960206
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _9115376
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