Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

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		Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda
		Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

In this the first book ever written about the CIA's Office of Technical Service, former director Robert Wallace (a real-life Q, straight out of the James Bond films) and internationally renowned intelligence historian H. Keith Melton offer an unprecedented look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions- including the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the current War on Terror-the authors show how the CIA carries out its missions employing amazingly inventive tools. Illustrated with images never before seen by the public-and featuring everything from micro cameras to wired kitties to exploding pancakes-Spycraft is both a fantastic encyclopedia of gadgetry and a revealing primer on the fundamentals of high-tech espionage.

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I really enjoyed the history and nuts and bolts of real spycraft. I didn't know how much I didn't know about even pop-culture spy fiction like James Bond has some basis in reality. And how the fantasy elements of 007 drove the spy gadget creators crazy. Adds a whole new layer to Mission Impossible (the tv series) on netflix. Oh, they're doing a dead drop here, that's a one-time pad there, etc. Also, makes Tinker, Tailor, Spy (the movie) totally make sense.

SPYCRAFT is the book, every lay person should read. This book shows that good intelligence work rather than being glamorous, can be a tedious and perilous occupation that involves pain-staking preparation. Intelligence means gathering necessary information for policy makers to make realistic and level-headed decisions. With provided intelligence, policy makers can take steps to prevent disasters from occurring or global conflict from taking place.

While reconnaissance satellites can show what physical movements are taken by nations and NGOs, HUMINT or human intelligence is needed by policy makers to decide if a bluff is being made or deterrence will be required. SPYCRAFT shows how the CIA has used innovation and daring in the gathering and transmitting of HUMINT. The innovation of inventing tools is used for gathering and transmitting of intelligence. The personal risk involved usually doesn't involve gun-play or some melodramatic heroism. Personal risk is about not getting caught and taking personal risk to protect a source or helping an exposed source from deadly reprisal.

Too often, the public sees the Central Intelligence Agency as later day Keystone Kops or Americanized versions of James Bond. Neither stereotype is accurate. SPYCRAFT demonstrates that the people who work at the CIA are everyday Americans who have decided to take up the cause of maintaining the peace by sustaining a professional intelligence organization.

Takes a new perspective of the clandestine lives led by those who serve. Very informative and eye opening. Technologies we take for granted have been utilized years perhaps decades before the ever touch civilian hands.
The book does seems to skip around chronologically but does so in a comprehensive and comprehend able way. Great book. Great reference for those interested in a part of American history few get to see. A must read for any tech savvy individual or history buff. A must read!!!

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