1982 james bamford book the puzzle palace

Umass amherst hosts talk by intelligence expert and author. James bamford, author of the puzzle palace viking penguin, 1982, about the national security agency, is currently at work on a second book about the agency. The book is impressive not just for its breadth, but also its depth. Author of the puzzle palace, the definitive book on the nsa, which was published under dire threat in 1982 from the nsa. Anatomy of the ultrasecret national security agency. James bamfords 1982 classic is an eyeopening exploration of the national security agency the nsa. Governments mammoth but supersecretive agency devoted to electronic eavesdropping on the rest of the world. When the puzzle palace first came out in 1982, it caused a certain amount of controversy and angst. James bamfords 1982 classic is an eyeopening exploration of the national. In addition to describing the role of the nsa and explaining how. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Sep 04, 2008 james bamford first penetrated the wall of silence surrounding the nsa in 1982, with the muchtalkedabout us bestseller the puzzle palace. The ultrasecret nsa from 911 to the eavesdropping on america doubleday. That book caused some sharp tremors in military and government circles.

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His new expose on the nsa is called body of secrets. James bamford signing books in 2007 photograph taken by james mabel in 1982, the hitherto hypersecret national security agency went from being almost unknown to being a household name. It is the first major, popular work devoted entirely to the history and workings of. With detailed information on the nsas secret role in the korean airlines disaster, irancontra, the first gulf war, and other major world events of the 80s and 90s. C05642694 secret sec intelligence in public literature. James bamford s 1982 classic is an eyeopening exploration of the national security agency the nsa. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Bamford now has a new book on nsa scheduled to appear this spring.

The nsa has long eluded public scrutiny, but the puzzle palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. The puzzle palace was quite a good job of investigative reporting, especially considering the customary reluctance of nsa to reveal much about. It is the first major, popular work devoted entirely to the history and workings of the national security agency nsa, a united states intelligence organization. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading.

Billed as the first com prehensive account of the history of the national security agency nsa, it badly missed the mark in its facts arid was unbalanced in its assessments. The nsa has no constitutional right to secretly obtain the telephone records of every american citizen on a daily basis, subject them to sophisticated data mining and store them. For bamford, there is only black and white when it comes to the foreign intelligence surveillance act, a 1978 law that specifically requires warrants for any nsa wiretapping of u. In his book, james bamford takes a behindthescenes. The ultrasecret nsa from 911 to the eavesdropping on america. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.

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James bamford behind the scenes at the national security agency, which is many times larger than the cia and spends many billions more per year, is the most secret agency within the u. James bamford is an american bestselling author and journalist who writes about united states intelligence agencies, most notably the national security agency. Published in 1982, it was the first book ever written about the national security agency and it became an immediate bestseller. Bamford to spend time at nsa where he obtained some of the material for this book.