The former Director of National Intelligence's candid and compelling account of the intelligence community's successes--and failures--in facing some of the greatest threats to America
When he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States director of national intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence adviser for six and a half years, longer than his three predecessors combined. He led the U.S. intelligence community through a period that included the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Benghazi attack, the leaks of Edward Snowden, and Russia's influence operation during the 2016 U.S. election campaign. In Facts and Fears, Clapper traces his career through the growing threat of cyberattacks, his relationships with presidents and Congress, and the truth about Russia's role in the presidential election. He describes, in the wake of Snowden and WikiLeaks, his efforts to make intelligence more transparent and to push back against the suspicion that Americans' private lives are subject to surveillance. Finally, it was living through Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and seeing how the foundations of American democracy were--and continue to be--undermined by a foreign power that led him to break with his instincts honed through more than five decades in the intelligence profession to share his inside experience.
Clapper considers such controversial questions as, Is intelligence ethical? Is it moral to intercept communications or to photograph closed societies from orbit? What are the limits of what we should be allowed to do? What protections should we give to the private citizens of the world, not to mention our fellow Americans? Are there times when intelligence officers can lose credibility as unbiased reporters of hard truths by inserting themselves into policy decisions?
Facts and Fears offers a privileged look inside the U.S. intelligence community and, with the frankness and professionalism for which James Clapper is known, addresses some of the most difficult challenges in our nation's history.
0 有用 Eric 2020-07-06 16:01:38
关于snowden的描述, snowden黑进了考试人的网络。所以他才可以 第一个完成测试。原来真是天才 另一方面可见CIA 的漏洞。奥巴马治下团队实力不行 此人坐到总监后被证实不合格
0 有用 sorly 2019-04-14 07:20:05
3.8. 一开始感觉有点拖沓。后来想到他知道的东西很多都不能说,那算了,还想着我到底听它干嘛。后来到了近几年的东西的时候变得有趣起来,尤其从IC的角度看xie密那里其实蛮有道理的。再后来对于川总的评价,觉得有趣的地方是可以了解到从保守派视觉的看法(虽然对他是自由派还是保守派还是比较存疑,不过他的立场至少是跟学者和很多自由派的立场比较不同的)。
0 有用 D. 2020-03-01 17:00:07
从他本人的角度讲了他的情报生涯。为什么叫事实与恐惧,他提出了网络对于美国国家安全的威胁,以特朗普上台,俄罗斯到底有没有干涉美国大选为例,提出了自己的看法和观点。
0 有用 Eric 2020-07-06 16:01:38
关于snowden的描述, snowden黑进了考试人的网络。所以他才可以 第一个完成测试。原来真是天才 另一方面可见CIA 的漏洞。奥巴马治下团队实力不行 此人坐到总监后被证实不合格
0 有用 D. 2020-03-01 17:00:07
从他本人的角度讲了他的情报生涯。为什么叫事实与恐惧,他提出了网络对于美国国家安全的威胁,以特朗普上台,俄罗斯到底有没有干涉美国大选为例,提出了自己的看法和观点。
0 有用 sorly 2019-04-14 07:20:05
3.8. 一开始感觉有点拖沓。后来想到他知道的东西很多都不能说,那算了,还想着我到底听它干嘛。后来到了近几年的东西的时候变得有趣起来,尤其从IC的角度看xie密那里其实蛮有道理的。再后来对于川总的评价,觉得有趣的地方是可以了解到从保守派视觉的看法(虽然对他是自由派还是保守派还是比较存疑,不过他的立场至少是跟学者和很多自由派的立场比较不同的)。