Whither Intelligence?
Since modern American intelligence was launched--by a youthful Allen Dulles, with the aim of keeping American negotiators informed of ongoing events in a defeated Europe during the Paris Peace talks that led to the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919--analysts have been variously scoffed at, then summaril...
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| Published in: | World policy journal 2010-12, Vol.27 (4), p.119-126 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Since modern American intelligence was launched--by a youthful Allen Dulles, with the aim of keeping American negotiators informed of ongoing events in a defeated Europe during the Paris Peace talks that led to the Treaty of Versailles, in 1919--analysts have been variously scoffed at, then summarily blamed, when things went wrong just as they'd predicted. It's time America took a closer look at the information its spies generate. After all, America's counterparts around the world have been doing so for years. Here, Andelman takes into the spymasters' land of mirrors that passes for intelligence. |
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| ISSN: | 0740-2775 1936-0924 |