James Bamford Knihy

The NSA is the largest, most secretive and most powerful intelligence agency in the world. It dwarfs the CIA in budgets, manpower and influence. Using internal documents and interviews with NSA officials, this text offers details about the workings of the agency. It exposes the role the NSA played in many Soviet bloc Cold War conflicts and discusses its undercover involvement in the Vietnam War. Author, James Bamford, also looks at the technological advances that the NSA have employed since 1985 and brings to light the NSA's network of global surveillance ranging from on-line listening post to intelligence-gathering satellites. Bamford warns that the NSA is a double-edged sword, its eavesdropping offers the potential for tracking down terrorists and uncovering nuclear weapons deals, but it also has the capacity to listen in on global personal communications.

Examining the failures in intelligence that led to the 9/11 attacks, the book reveals how the Bush administration manipulated information to justify preemptive war. It offers unprecedented insights into undisclosed locations and the foundations of U.S. Middle East policy. This critical analysis is essential for readers interested in understanding the complexities of national security and the political machinations that shaped America's response to terrorism.

This scrupulously documented account of the NSA's tireless hunt for intelligence dissects an organization that monitors enemies & allies alike--a leviathan whose influence has both prevented & provoked world conflict. Relying on testimony & documents never meant for the public eye, Bamford reveals espionage activities & profiles the commanders & soldiers responsible for the covert activities performed by this clandestine agency. A major work of history & investigative journalism, Body of secrets is a riveting analysis of this powerful agency's history & future.

"SPYFAIL is about the highly dangerous and growing capability of foreign countries to conduct large-scale espionage within the United States and how the FBI and other agencies have failed to prevent it. These covert operations involve a variety of foreign countries--North Korea, Russia, Israel, China, and others--and include cyberattacks, espionage, psychological warfare, the infiltration of presidential campaigns, the smuggling of nuclear weapons components, and other incredibly nefarious actions. With his trademark deep investigative style, James Bamford digs as deep as one can go into these clandestine invasions and attacks, uncovering who's involved, how these spygames were carried out, and why none of this was stopped. Full of revelations, SPYFAIL includes access to previously secret and withheld documents, such as never-before-seen parts of the Mueller Report, and interviews with confidential sources. Throughout this stunning, eye-opening account, SPYFAIL demonstrates again and again how large a role politics, special interests, and corruption play in allowing these shocking foreign intrusions to continue--leaving America and its secrets vulnerable and undefended"-- Provided by publisher