Ethics of Spying: A Reader for the Intelligence Professional, Volume 1Jan Goldman Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical-the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be "ethical." This is the first book to offer the best essays, articles, and speeches on ethics and intelligence that demonstrate the complex moral dilemmas in intelligence collection, analysis, and operations that confront government employees. Some are recently declassified and never before published, and all are written by authors whose backgrounds are as varied as their insights, including Robert M. Gates, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; John P. Langan, the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Professor of Catholic Social Thought at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University; and Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and recipient of the Owens Award for contributions to the understanding of U.S. intelligence activities. To the intelligence professional, this is a valuable collection of literature for building an ethical code that is not dependent on any specific agency, department, or country. Managers, supervisors, and employees of all levels should read this book. Creating the foundation for the study of ethics and intelligence by filling in the gap between warfare and philosophy, Ethics of Spying makes the statement that the intelligence professional has ethics. |
Contents
Ethics and Intelligence | 1 |
Intelligence Ethics | 18 |
Ethics and Morality in US Secret Intelligence | 39 |
The Need for Improvement Integrity Ethics and the CIA | 52 |
Bungee Jumping off the Moral Highground Ethics of Espionage in the Modern Age | 66 |
Moral Damage and the Justification of Intelligence Collection from Human Sources | 104 |
Intelligence Collection and Analysis Dilemmas and Decisions | 114 |
An Ethical Defense of Torture in Interrogation | 126 |
Repugnant Philosophy Ethics Espionage and Covert Action | 221 |
Managing Covert Political Action Guideposts from Just War Theory | 248 |
Ethics of Covert Operations | 266 |
Military and Civilian Perspectives on the Ethics of Intelligence Report on a Workshop at the Department of Philosophy | 300 |
Sociology The Ethics of Covert Methods | 314 |
Comment on The Ethics of Covert Methods | 329 |
Science Anthropologists as Spies | 336 |
Business Ethical Issues in Competitive Intelligence Practice | 343 |
Interrogation Ethics in the Context of Intelligence Collection | 141 |
Guarding against Politicization A Message to Analysts | 171 |
Memorandum One Person Can Make a Difference Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity VIPS | 185 |
The Ethics of War Spying and Compulsory Training | 190 |
Legitimacy of Covert Action Sorting out the Moral Responsibilities | 193 |
Covert Intervention as a Moral Problem | 206 |
Business The Challenge of Completely Ethical Competitive Intelligence and the CHIP Model | 362 |
Principles Creeds Codes and Values | 379 |
Case Studies | 394 |
Contributors | 409 |
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