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| 100 | 1 | _aWallace, Robert. | |
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_aSpycraft : _bthe secret history of the CIA's spytechs from communism to Al-Qaeda / _cRobert Wallace and H. Keith Melton with Henry R. Schlesinger. |
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_aNew York : _bPlume, _cc2009. |
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_axxv, 548 p., [8] leaves of plates : _bill. ; _c21 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [525]-532) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aOfficial message from the CIA -- I. AT THE BEGINNING. My hair stood on end -- We must be ruthless -- II. PLAYING CATCH-UP. The Penkovsky era -- Beyond Penkovsky -- Bring in the engineers -- Building better gadgets -- III. IN THE PASSING LANE. Moving thru the gap -- The pen is mightier than the sword (and shield) -- Fire in the Arctic -- A dissident at heart -- An operation called CKTAW -- IV. LET THE WALLS HAVE EARS. Cold beer, cheap hotels, and a voltmeter -- Progress in a new era -- The age of Bond arrives -- Genius is where you find it -- V. PRISON, BULLET, PASSPORT, BOMB. Conspicuous fortitude, exemplary courage in a Cuban jail -- War by any other name -- Con men, fabricators, and forgers -- Tracking terrorist snakes -- VI. FUNDAMENTALS OF TRADECRAFT. Assessment -- Cover and disguise -- Concealments -- Clandestine surveillance -- Covert communications -- Spies and the age of information -- Epilogue: An uncommon service -- Appendices: U.C. clandestine services and OTS organizational genealogy -- Selected chronology of OTS -- Directors of OTS -- CIA trailblazers from OTS -- Pseudonyms of CIA officers used -- Instructions to decipher the official message from the CIA. | |
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_aUnited States. _bCentral Intelligence Agency. _bDirectorate of Science and Technology _xHistory. |
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_aIntelligence service _zUnited States. |
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_aMelton, H. Keith _q(Harold Keith), _d1944- |
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| 700 | 1 | _aSchlesinger, Henry R. | |
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