Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.
Contents:
The Days of Mata Hari are Over (An Origin Story) -- Can a Tunnel Become a Double Agent? -- In the Mind -- Our Machine in Havana -- Betrayal Under the Ocean -- Turner's Technological Turn -- Passing the Global Espionage Torch -- Crypto AG -- Global Eyes -- A Global Killing Machine -- Conclusion : Information Gluttons.
Summary:
"Ever since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried chemical means to pry open the human mind. The United States increasingly has covered the globe with planes, satellites, drones, electronics, tunnels, and submarines all in the service of intelligence. Hard targets meant that American intelligence could not entirely rely on human spies, but it was more than that. Nothing is Beyond Our Reach reveals how America's love-affair with technology has led to its dependence on machines in intelligence collection and how this has almost inadvertently created a global surveillance empire. In a lively and engaging narrative, author Kristie Macrakis tells this story of how intelligence has changed from American technophilia and what its implications will be"-- Provided by publisher.
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