Fair Play The Moral Dilemmas of Spying / James M. Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, James M., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage--Case studies.

Espionage.

Espionage--Moral and ethical aspects.

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the high-stakes world of spying, do the ends justify the means?

Contents:

Introduction : a career under cover

Philosophical and historical arguments

Bible

Aristotle

Cicero

St. Thomas Aquinas

Machiavelli

Kant

Realpolitik

Utilitarianism

Veritatis Splendor

U.S. attitudes toward spying

Scenarios

1. Homosexual blackmail

2. Trojan horse

3. False flag

4. Hit team

5. Torture

6. Kidnapping and torture by surrogates

7. Truth serum

8. Journalism cover

9. Operational use of journalists

10. Human rights violators

11. Torture training

12. Humanitarian aid worker cover

13. Missionary cover

14. Operational use of academics

15. P-sources

16. Prostitute for terrorist

17. Child prostitute

18. Terrorist act for bona fides

19. Election tampering

20. Seduction and compromise

21. Romeo operations

22. Coercive pitch

23. Feeding a drug habit

24. Kidnapping or killing a defector

25. Fabricating evidence

26. L-devices

27. Insertion operations

28. Fake diagnosis

29. Drugging a foreign diplomat

30. Press placements

31. Fabricating academic credentials

32. Plagiarizing a Ph.D. dissertation

33. Exposing unwitting person to risk

34. Kamikaze dolphins

35. Spying on Americans overseas

36. Spying on friends

37. Spying on the United Nations

38. Industrial espionage

39. Bribing a foreign government

40. Tampering with U.S. mail

41. Protection of code breaking

42. Breaking a promise to an agent

43. Unauthorized cover

44. Bogus Websites and chatrooms

45. Back doors

46. Biological attack

47. Forging documents from friendly countries

48. Collateral damage

49. Foreign officer visitors

50. Interrogation

Afterword

Notes : Spying 101

The essential intelligence library

Commentators.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59797-312-2

OCLC:

755594836