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Invasion: how America still welcomes terrorists, criminals, and other foreign menaces to our shores
By Michelle Malkin. 2002
First-generation American and Fox News Channel commentator denounces America's lax immigration policies, blaming the system for the September 11, 2001,…
attacks. Malkin argues that government corruption, corporate special interests, and inconsistent enforcement allow criminals to exploit immigration laws. She demands better tracking procedures and the use of immigrant profiling. Some violence. 2002Spy: the inside story of how the FBI's Robert Hanssen betrayed America
By David Wise. 2002
Details the life and career of FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen, who spied for the Russians for more than twenty…
years. Uses interviews with Hanssen's colleagues, family, and psychiatrist to ascertain the motives behind his betrayal. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Breakdown: how America's intelligence failures led to September 11
By Bill Gertz. 2002
Investigative reporter for the Washington Times and author of The China Threat (DB 55297) and Betrayal (DB 48196) utilizes government…
documents to analyze the U.S. intelligence community's inability to predict and prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Scrutinizes problems within the FBI, the CIA, and other agencies. 2002The execution of Major Andre
By John Evangelist Walsh. 2001
Revisionist account dispels the legends about the bravery and sophistication of the British officer who conspired with American general Benedict…
Arnold to take West Point in September 1780. Justifies his execution as a spy on orders from George Washington and exposes the arrogance and ineptness that led to his capture. 2001Roosevelt's secret war: FDR and World War II espionage
By Joseph E. Persico, Joseph E Persico. 2001
The author of Casey: From the OSS to the CIA (DB 32563) describes the role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
before and during World War II in establishing an intelligence agency in the American government. Discusses the work of the OSS and clandestine operations on all fronts that led to the defeat of the Axis. 2001A convenient spy: Wen Ho Lee and the politics of nuclear espionage
By Dan Stober, Ian Hoffman. 2001
Analyzes the U.S. case against computer scientist Wen Ho Lee, a naturalized Taiwanese, who was accused of espionage while working…
at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Presents the evidence of Lee's misdeeds, the FBI mistakes leading to his acquittal, and the politics that drove the investigation. 2001See no evil: the true story of a ground soldier in the CIA's war on terrorism
By Robert Baer. 2002
Memoir of a former CIA operative recounting his adventures in the Middle East including an attempt to incite rebellion against…
Saddam Hussein in 1990s Iraq. Discusses the agency's covert operations and excess bureaucracy and examines the roots of terrorism. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2002The spy who stayed out in the cold: the secret life of FBI double agent Robert Hanssen
By Adrian Havill. 2001
Traces the life and crimes of convicted FBI spy Robert Hanssen. Analyzing his motives and personality, delves into his membership…
in the Catholic organization Opus Dei, his non-sexual relationship with a stripper, and the vast damage his information did to the country. Some strong language. 2001During the McCarthy era Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of stealing atomic secrets for the Soviet Union (USSR) and…
were executed in 1953. A New York Times editor reveals the actions of Ethel's brother and fellow spy in betraying the couple. 2001Unholy wars: Afghanistan, America, and international terrorism
By John K Cooley, John Cooley. 1999
A veteran journalist's account of the unforeseen consequences of the United States' alliances with radical Islamist movements in the 1980s…
during efforts to contain Soviet expansion. Explains how Muslim guerrillas trained by the CIA to resist the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan reemerged as violent anti-Western factions following the Russian withdrawal. 1999A man called Intrepid: the secret war (Lyons Press Ser.)
By William Stevenson. 2000
Stevenson, a war correspondent, chronicles the British Security Coordination, an international intelligence operation, and its chief, Bill Stephenson, code named…
"Intrepid." The author describes how Intrepid guarded communications between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and directed a network of spies in Nazi-occupied territories. Some violence. Bestseller. 1976In this sequel to The Puzzle Palace (DB 19096), the author pursues his investigation of the National Security Agency--"the largest,…
most secret, and most advanced spy organization on the planet." Bamford analyzes the agency's Vietnam and cold war activities, technological capabilities, and personnel, and argues the need for congressional oversight. Bestseller. 2001Charts the history of ciphers and the ongoing battle between codemakers and codebreakers, which has spurred corresponding technological development. Relates…
tales of political intrigue and historical turning points in which codes played a role. Also discusses the continuing importance of encryption in the digital world. 1999Allen Dulles: master of spies
By James Srodes. 1999
Biography of "the greatest intelligence officer who ever lived," as he was described by General Eisenhower's chief of G-2. Dulles's…
spying career ran from 1916 until the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco. Aiming always to seek out "the intentions and capabilities" of other governments, he became an expert on Nazi GermanyThe haunted wood: Soviet espionage in America--the Stalin era
By Allen Weinstein, Alexander Vassiliev. 1999
Based on KGB archives released between 1993 and 1995, previously untold accounts of Soviet spying in the United States during…
the 1930s, World War II, and the Cold War. Relates struggles for control among "contending operatives," love affairs between agents, personality conflicts, and some of the murders that were committedThe sword and the shield: the Mitrokhin archive and the secret history of the KGB
By Christopher M Andrew, Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin. 1999
Based on Mitrokhin's twelve-year compilation of smuggled notes on the foreign operations of the KGB. Details the KGB's covert operations…
in Great Britain and the U.S., revealing their extensive spy network and their disinformation efforts aimed at discrediting public figures like Martin Luther King Jr. Bestseller. 1999Secrecy: the American experience (World Religions, Themes and Issues Ser.)
By Daniel P Moynihan, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. 1998
Traces the growth of secrecy in American government as a "mode of regulation" from World War I through the end…
of the Cold War and beyond. Attributes several major policy errors to the penchant for classifying and restricting access to information. Advocates a culture of openness in decision makingSpies of the Confederacy (Civil War)
By John Edwin Bakeless, John Bakeless, John E. Bakeless. 1997
An account of the Confederate espionage system, which at the start of the Civil War was "already organized and highly…
efficient, with tentacles reaching into the vital secrets of the Federal government." Describes the daring exploits of Rebel Rose, the Gray Ghost, and other agentsHijacked: the true story of the heroes of flight 705
By Dave Hirschman. 1997
An account of the 1994 hijacking of a FedEx cargo jet by a disgruntled employee, who was flying as a…
passenger. Describes the tense moments when he attacked and seriously injured the flight crew, forcing them to take extreme measures to subdue their assailant and land the plane safely. Strong language and violenceOperation Solo: the FBI's man in the Kremlin
By John Barron. 1996
An account of the FBI's Cold War espionage operation against the Soviet Union using double agent Morris Childs. As a…
high official of the American Communist Party from the 1950s to the 1970s, Childs was privy to super-secret Soviet information, which he passed to the FBI. Recounts times when Childs was almost exposed