Format:
Online Ressource (xii, 291 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781597973120
,
1597973122
Content:
"Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is permissible for the public good? These questions are at the heart of James M. Olson's book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying. Olson, a veteran of the CIA's clandestine service, takes readers inside the real world of intelligence to describe the difficult dilemmas that field officers face on an almost daily basis. Far from being a dry theoretical treatise, this fascinating book uses actual intelligence operations to illustrate how murky their moral choices can be. Readers will be surprised to learn that the CIA provides very little guidance on what is, or is not, permissible. Rather than empowering field officers, the author has found that this lack of guidelines actually hampers operations. Olson believes that U.S. intelligence officers need clearer moral guidelines to make correct, quick decisions. Significantly, he believes these guidelines should come from the American public, not from closed-door meetings inside the intelligence community. Fair Play will encourage a broad public debate about the proper moral limits on U.S. intelligence activities."--Publisher's website
Content:
Introduction : a career under cover -- Philosophical and historical arguments -- Bible -- Aristotle -- Cicero -- St. Thomas Aquinas -- Machiavelli -- Kant -- Realpolitik -- Utilitarianism -- Veritatis Splendor -- U.S. attitudes toward spying -- Scenarios -- 1. Homosexual blackmail -- 2. Trojan horse -- 3. False flag -- 4. Hit team -- 5. Torture -- 6. Kidnapping and torture by surrogates -- 7. Truth serum -- 8. Journalism cover -- 9. Operational use of journalists -- 10. Human rights violators -- 11. Torture training -- 12. Humanitarian aid worker cover -- 13. Missionary cover -- 14. Operational use of academics -- 15. P-sources -- 16. Prostitute for terrorist -- 17. Child prostitute -- 18. Terrorist act for bona fides -- 19. Election tampering -- 20. Seduction and compromise -- 21. Romeo operations -- 22. Coercive pitch -- 23. Feeding a drug habit -- 24. Kidnapping or killing a defector -- 25. Fabricating evidence -- 26. L-devices -- 27. Insertion operations -- 28. Fake diagnosis -- 29. Drugging a foreign diplomat -- 30. Press placements -- 31. Fabricating academic credentials -- 32. Plagiarizing a Ph. D. dissertation -- 33. Exposing unwitting person to risk -- 34. Kamikaze dolphins -- 35. Spying on Americans overseas -- 36. Spying on friends -- 37. Spying on the United Nations -- 38. Industrial espionage -- 39. Bribing a foreign government -- 40. Tampering with U.S. mail -- 41. Protection of code breaking -- 42. Breaking a promise to an agent -- 43. Unauthorized cover -- 44. Bogus Websites and chatrooms -- 45. Back doors -- 46. Biological attack -- 47. Forging documents from friendly countries -- 48. Collateral damage -- 49. Foreign officer visitors -- 50. Interrogation -- Afterword -- Notes : Spying 101 -- The essential intelligence library -- Commentators.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
1574889494
Additional Edition:
9781574889499
Additional Edition:
1574889494
Additional Edition:
9781574889499
Additional Edition:
1574889494
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Olson, James M., 1941- Fair play Washington, D.C : Potomac Books, ©2006
Language:
English
Keywords:
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