Pine Gap: Close to God's Ear: Nsa Eavesdropping Memoirs

Pine Gap is the first book of its kind - incredibly true stories of what happens within the secure walls of an NSA satellite ground site. The book takes you into the 'nerve center' of Pine Gap - Operations, and exposes the NSA's mission in Australia, a task that required both the United States and Australian governments approval to publish. David Rosenberg is the first to speak out about this type of intelligence collection, providing an insider's account of the eavesdropping mission at Pine Gap and the partnership between the United States and Australia that has made Pine Gap the most important satellite ground site in the Intelligence Community. In 1966, the United States and Australia signed a treaty establishing a jointly-run satellite eavesdropping facility just south of Alice Springs known as Pine Gap. For more than 50 years it has operated in a shroud of secrecy, enabling Pine Gap to remain virtually unknown around the world while collecting intelligence on weapons development and real-time communications in support of military operations. In this fascinating exposé into the top-secret world of military surveillance, discover how the fallout of controversies such as the Edward Snowden leaks have made the ethics of government eavesdropping more important than ever.