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Originally Posted by perdurabo
Shadow Factory by James Bamford
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Just finished James Bamford's latest, Shadow Factory. Great, great book that focuses on post-9/11 SIGINT.
Lots of meat to the book in terms of history, events, and places, as well as technical descriptions. Things are footnoted and bibliographed well. A bit scathing in parts in regard to Michael Hayden and the outsourcing of SIGINT to private industry.
If you're interested in this and haven't checked out his other books, do so: his first book Puzzle Palace was largely the public's introduction to the folks at Meade; his second book Body of Secrets covers a wide range of events, including pre-9/11 SIGINT.
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Had insomnia huh? Seriously though, did you really enjoy his books?
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