Fair Play The Moral Dilemmas of Spying

Name: Fair Play The Moral Dilemmas of Spying
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ISBN: 9781597971539

ISBN-10: 1597971537

ISBN-13: 9781597971539

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Authors: James M. Olson

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Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement as one of its guiding principles. But who decides what is necessary for the public good, and is it really true that any kind of service is permissible for the public good? These questions are at the heart of James M. Olson's book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying. Olson, a veteran of the CIA's clandestine service, takes readers inside the real world of intelligence to describe the difficult dilemmas that field officers face on an…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 5.90" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Career Under Cover


Philosophical and Historical Arguments


Bible


Aristotle


Cicero


St. Thomas Aquinas


Machiavelli


Kant


Realpolitik


Utilitarianism


Veritatis Splendor


U.S. Attitudes Toward Spying


Scenarios



Homosexual Blackmail



Trojan Horse



False Flag



Hit Team



Torture



Kidnapping and Torture by Surrogates



Truth Serum



Journalism Cover



Operational Use of Journalists



Human Rights Violators



Torture Training



Humanitarian Aid Worker Cover



Missionary Cover



Operational Use of Academics



P-Sources



Prostitute for Terrorist



Child Prostitute



Terrorist Act for Bona Fides



Election Tampering



Seduction and Compromise



Romeo Operations



Coercive Pitch



Feeding a Drug Habit



Kidnapping or Killing a Defector



Fabricating Evidence



L-Devices



Insertion Operations



Fake Diagnosis



Drugging a Foreign Diplomat



Press Placements



Fabricating Academic Credentials



Plagiarizing a Ph.D. Dissertation



Exposing Unwitting Person to Risk



Kamikaze Dolphins



Spying on Americans Overseas



Spying on Friends



Spying on the United Nations



Industrial Espionage



Bribing a Foreign Government



Tampering with U.S. Mail



Protection of Code Breaking



Breaking a Promise to an Agent



Unauthorized Cover



Bogus Websites and Chatrooms



Back Doors



Biological Attack



Forging Documents from Friendly Countries



Collateral Damage



Foreign Officer Visitors



Interrogation


Afterword


Notes: Spying 101


The Essential Intelligence Library


Commentators


Index


About the Author