21st century counterintelligence by Deady, John M instant download

21st century counterintelligence by Deady, John M instant download

1 online resource (viii, 78 pages), The United States faces substantial challenges to its security, freedom, and prosperity. Transnational terrorism, continued proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), asymmetric warfare, extremist movements, and failed states present severe challenges to a just and stable international order. Our ability to meet these challenges is threatened by the intelligence activities of traditional and non-traditional adversaries. Our adversaries - foreign intelligence services, terrorists, foreign criminal enterprises and cyber intruders - use overt, covert, and clandestine activities to exploit and undermine US national security interests. Counterintelligence is one of several instruments of national power that can thwart such activities, but its effectiveness depends in many respects on co-ordination with other elements of government and with the private sector. During the Cold War, our nation & apos;s adversaries gained access to vital secrets of the most closely guarded institutions of our national security establishment and penetrated virtually all organisations of the US intelligence and defence communities. The resulting losses produced grave damage to our national security in terms of secrets compromised, intelligence sources degraded, and lives lost, and would have been catastrophic had we been at war. Today we are engaged in a war, fighting terrorists who have invaded our nation & apos;s shores and threaten Americans and our allies around the world. In this struggle - which has cultural, economic, diplomatic, and political as well as military dimensions - the potential consequences of counterintelligence failures can be immediate and devastating, putting in jeopardy our nation & apos;s vital information, infrastructure, military forces and a wide range of US interests, technologies and personnel around the world. In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the counterintelligence community has begun to e