The puzzle palace
a report on America's most secret agency
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Publication
1983 - Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Language
English
Word Count
163,750 words, Guess
Page Count
655 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepuzzlepalacerep00bamf
- Internet Archivepuzzlepalaceinsi00bamf
- Internet Archivepuzzlepalacerepo0000bamf
- ISBN-100140067485
- ISBN-139780140067484
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- GoogleqcaS5hG8TiEC
- Goodreads804860
- LibraryThing7943
- Library of Congress Control Number82024608
- OCLC Control Number9133222
- Better World Books9780140067484
- Open LibraryOL3504203M
Classifications
- DDC327.1/2/06073
- LCCUB251.U5 B35 1983
- LCCUB251.U5B35 1983
Description
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 dwarfs 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 communites. - Back cover.
Description
"Inside the National Security Agency, America's most secret intelligence organization"--Cover subtitle. 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 dwarfs 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 communites. - Back cover.
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