Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
Amy Zegart is a senior scholar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, as well as a contributor to The Atlantic. Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11 (Princeton) and (with Condoleezza Rice) Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity are two of her publications.
Spying has never been more common or understood. The world is immersed in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities teach more about rock and roll than the CIA, and congressional experts on powdered milk outnumber those on espionage. The intelligence education crisis is distorting public opinion, encouraging conspiracy theories, and undermining intelligence strategy. Amy Zegart distinguishes reality from fiction in Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, an interesting and instructive study of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a digital revolution.
Zegart provides a history of U.S. espionage, from George Washington's Revolutionary War spies to today's spy satellites; examines how fictional spies influence real officials; provides an overview of intelligence basics and life inside America's intelligence agencies; explains the deadly cognitive biases that can mislead analysts; and explores the vexed issues of traitors, covert ac Most importantly, Zegart illustrates how technology is producing new opponents and possibilities, as well as powerful new players, such as private people who successfully track nuclear threats using nothing more than Google Earth. And she demonstrates why, in many respects, cyberspace is the ultimate cloak-and-dagger battleground, where criminal players use deception, subterfuge, and advanced technology for theft, espionage, and information warfare.
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms is a fascinating and informative study of espionage in the digital era that is required reading for anybody interested in understanding the reality of spying today. It is regarded as one of the best books on algorithms.
Author: Amy Zegart
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