Provides an overview of the major security agencies of the United States, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, discussing their history, functions, and responsibilities.

From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Janeczko uncovers two centuries' worth of true spy stories in U.S. history.

"Partly Cloudy : Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation explores a number of wrenching ethical issues and challenges faced by military and intelligence personnel. It provides a robust and practical approach to analyzing ethical issues in war and intelligence operations, and applies careful reasoning to issues of vital importance today, not only for soldiers, intelligence professionals, and policy makers, but also for the citizens...

Explains the purpose of spies during the American Revolution and describes the actions of several spies and the methods and tools they used.

"In 1974, a mining vessel, the Hughes Glomar Explorer (ostensibly owned by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes), descended to the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. Its purpose was not, as was publicly recorded, to tap into natural manganese deposits, but rather to recover a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine that had mysteriously disappeared six years earlier. The secrets and intelligence onboard that submarine could, the CIA hoped, win them the...

"A true life adventure: When I was chosen to stop a nuclear war between the US and USSR. In October 1973, the world was on a collision course to World War III. Underground Soviet dissidents chose a visiting scientist--me--to carry crucial papers back to the US. In near war conditions, how was--a space scientist, entirely untrained in matters of espionage--to flee with documents that proved high level Soviets were turning against USSR provocative actions?...

"Learn all about the hows and whys of the Civil War and about the spies who played key roles in the conflict"--