Optional Readings
 
Of Moles and Molehunters - Background on James Jesus Angleton, discussed 12 Sep 06
What’s Wrong with American Spies? - My review of Breakdown by Bill Gertz, for the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. Contains detailed discussion of “natural capacity,” discussed in class on 19 Sep 06
The Case Against Intelligence Openness - My article for the International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, dealing with Venona and related declassification issues - Discussed in class 26 Sep 06
Concerning Espionage and Social Courtesy, by Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) - Declassified article from CIA’s Studies in Intelligence, published in Summer 1966. Excerpted from a French DST pamphlet that describes the slippery slope of recruitment.
Spying in Mesopotamia and Tradecraft in Ancient Greece give a feeling on just how old HUMINT really is.
US intelligence assessments on the fall of the USSR -- A defense of CIA performance can be found in MacEachin, while At Cold War’s End is a good general survey.
Declassified Key Judgments from October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on WMD in Iraq. When people talk about the faulty intelligence analysis on Iraq’s WMD program, this is usually what they are talking about.
Declassified Key Judgments from April 2006 “Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States.”
The 9/11 Commission’s Report: A Former CIA Officer’s Perspective - My discussion of the 9/11 report for Terrorism Monitor, published by the Jamestown Foundation.
For examples of finished intelligence, see last page of the declassified Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) of 21 March 2003; the declassified National Intelligence Daily (NID) of 20 April 2000; and the declassified NID of 6 January 1992.