Secret intelligence : a reader / edited by Christopher Andrew, Richard J. Aldrich and Wesley K. Wark.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is intelligence? -- Wanted: A definition of "intelligence" / Michael Warner -- Ideas of intelligence : divergent national concepts and institutions / Philip Davies -- Observations on successful espionage / Joseph Wippl -- All glory is fleeting : SIGINT and the fight against international terrorism / Matthew Aid -- Introducing social media intelligence / Sir David Omand, James Bartlett and Carl Miller -- The increasing value of open source / Stevyn Gibson -- Surprise despite warning : why sudden attacks succeed / R.K. Betts -- Is politicization ever a good thing? / Joshua Rovner -- American presidents and their intelligence communities / C.M Andrew -- Squaring the circle : dealing with intelligence-policy breakdowns / K.L. Gardiner -- International intelligence co-operation : an inside perspective / Stephen Lander -- Foreign intelligence liaison : devils, deals, and details / Jennifer Sims -- The 9/11 terrorist attacks : a failure of policy not strategic intelligence analysis / Stephen Marrin -- Deja vu? Comparing Pearl Harbor and September 11 / James J. Wirtz -- Reports, politics, and intelligence failures : the case of Iraq / Robert Jervis -- British intelligence failures and Iraq / John Morrison -- Intelligence and strategy in the war on Islamist terrorism / John R. Schindler -- Intelligence in Northern Ireland / B. Bamford -- Counterintelligence : the broken triad / Frederick L. Wettering -- Delayed disclosure : national security, whistle-blowers and the nature of secrecy / Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran -- The British experience with intelligence accountability / Mark Phythian -- The role of news media in intelligence oversight / Claudia Hillebrand -- High policing in the security control society / James Sheptycki -- Needles in haystacks : law, capability, ethics, and proportionality in big data intelligence-gathering / Julian Richards -- Ethics and intelligence after September 2001 / Michael Herman -- "As rays of light to the human soul"? : moral agents and intelligence gathering / Toni Erskine -- Can the torture of terrorist suspects be justified? / Maureen Ramsay -- Torture : the case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz / Uwe Steinhoff -- Covert action and the Pentagon / Jennifer D. Kibbe -- Secret intelligence, covert action and clandestine diplomacy / Len Scott -- Netcentric warfare, C4ISR and information operations / John Ferris -- The new frontier : cyberespionage and cyberwar / Lewis Herrington -- Intelligence and counter-insurgency / Rory Cormac -- Intelligence and UN peacekeeping / Hugh Smith -- Intelligence and the Global South : China, Africa and South America / Zakia Shiraz and John Kasuku -- Learning to live with intelligence / Wesley K. Wark.

"The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the future of intelligence. Secret intelligence has never enjoyed a higher profile. The events of 9/11, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the missing WMD controversy, public debates over prisoner interrogation, together with the revelations of figures such as Edward Snowden, recent cyber attacks and the rise of 'hybrid warfare' have all contributed to make this a 'hot' subject over the past two decades. Aiming to be more comprehensive than existing books, and to achieve truly international coverage of the field, this book provides key readings and supporting material for students and course convenors. It is divided into four main sections, each of which includes full summaries of each article, further reading suggestions and student questions: The intelligence cycle Intelligence, counter-terrorism and security Ethics, accountability and secrecy Intelligence and the new warfare This new edition contains essays by leading scholars in the field and will be essential reading for students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, international security and political science in general, and of interest to anyone wishing to understand the current relationship between intelligence and policy-making"-- Provided by publisher.