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The Puzzle Palace
Inside the National Security Agency
By James Bamford
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655 Pages, Trade Paperback
Cover Size: 5 x 8 inches
Penguin Books
Date: 1983
ISBN: 0-14-006748-5
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 2/14/97
(Revised 12/96)
WIRT: 55303134
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Footnotes
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Our Review |
Opinion of the webmaster, subject to debate |
Credibility
5
Very High |
Research Value
5
Very High |
Cultural Interest
3
Moderate |
Visual Information
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Style
3
Functional |
Silliness
1
Very Low |
Wow Factor
3
Interesting |
Bargain
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Explanation of Ratings
Credibility = Very High: In general, this catagory is a rating of the author's intellectual discipline
and the strength of his argument (which are very high), not the veracity of his claims (which could be false in spite of the strong argument).
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This is still the definitive reference on the National Security
Agency. Although sometimes dry, the book nevertheless covers the
entire area of official government snooping. James Bamford examines
the history and evolution of intelligence gathering in this country.
Consider that the Executive Order that created the NSA over 50 years
ago is still classified. The government was quite upset at the
publishing of this book, and filed suit (and failed) to block it.
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From the Book Cover
The book the NSA tried to suppress- With a startling new Afterword on the
Geoffrey Arthur Prime Spy Case
The National Security Agency is the largest, most secretive, and potentially
most intrusive American intelligence agency. It dwarfts the CIA in budget,
manpower, and influence. In the three decades it has existed, the NSA has
demonstrated a shocking disregard for the law.
Until now, the inner workings of this agency have eluded public scrutiny. In
this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, however, James
Bamford penetrates the NSA's vast network of power- the acres of computers,
the electronic listening posts worldwide, the intelligence-gathering
satellites, and the people who control them.
The Puzzle Palace is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of
technological espionage and of the frightening Orwellian potential of today's
intelligence communities.
"There have been glimpses inside the NSA before, but until now on one has
published a comprehensive and detailed report on the agency...Mr. Bamford has
emerged with everything except the combination to the director's safe."
-The New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents
- Birth
- Prelude
- Anatomy
- Penetration
- Platforms
- Targets
- Fissures
- Partners
- Competition
- Abyss
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Notes
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Index
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