RT Book
T1 Playing to the edge: American intelligence in the age of terror
A1 Hayden, Michael V. 1945-
LA English
PP New York
PB Penguin Press
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1618983423
AB "An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both the CIA and the NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and momentous change For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National Security Agency, and it remained so when he ran the CIA. In his view, many shortsighted and uninformed people are quick to criticize, and this book will give them much to chew on but little easy comfort. It is an unapologetic insider's look told from the perspective of the people who faced awesome responsibilities head on, in the moment. How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war, and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last five hundred years? What was the NSA before 9/11 and how did it change in its aftermath? Why did the NSA begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records? What else was set in motion during this period that formed the backdrop for the infamous Snowden revelations in 2013? "--
AB "An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both the CIA and the NSA, at a time of heinous new threats and momentous change For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National Security Agency, and it remained so when he ran the CIA. In his view, many shortsighted and uninformed people are quick to criticize, and this book will give them much to chew on but little easy comfort. It is an unapologetic insider's look told from the perspective of the people who faced awesome responsibilities head on, in the moment. How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war, and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last five hundred years? What was the NSA before 9/11 and how did it change in its aftermath? Why did the NSA begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records? What else was set in motion during this period that formed the backdrop for the infamous Snowden revelations in 2013? "--
CN JK468.I6
SN 9781594206566
K1 United States / Central Intelligence Agency : Biography : Officials and employees
K1 United States / National Security Agency : Biography : Officials and employees : United States / Central Intelligence Agency : United States / National Security Agency
K1 United States : Central Intelligence Agency
K1 United States : National Security Agency
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
K1 Extraordinary rendition : History : 21st century : United States
K1 Intelligence service : History : 21st century : United States
K1 National Security : History : 21st century : United States
K1 Electronic Surveillance : United States
K1 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence
K1 HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
K1 Intelligence service
K1 National Security
K1 Intelligence service : United States
K1 National Security : United States
K1 United States : Politics and government : 2001-2009 : United States : Autobiographies
K1 USA : Geheimdienst