Snowden's confirmation that America's NSA (National Security Agency) was tapping, searching and s... more Snowden's confirmation that America's NSA (National Security Agency) was tapping, searching and sometimes storing hundreds of millions of communications by US Persons (including most US citizens) set off a firestorm of discussion in polite society. That extended over a year to the theme of this special journal edition. This discussion even prompted some sincere attempts to repair intelligence oversight by legislation, all of which failed of course. The guardians of state secrecy are strong, and to be blunt, they do not really care very much about the privacy of others. They are in the intelligence business, and acquiring the secrets of others is central to that. This paper will show ethical aspects of consequences in ever changing intelligence bureaucracies.
This has been read more than many of my published papers, and has got me invited to quite a few c... more This has been read more than many of my published papers, and has got me invited to quite a few colleges of intelligence affairs
Snowden's confirmation that America's NSA (National Security Agency) was tapping, searching and s... more Snowden's confirmation that America's NSA (National Security Agency) was tapping, searching and sometimes storing hundreds of millions of communications by US Persons (including most US citizens) set off a firestorm of discussion in polite society. That extended over a year to the theme of this special journal edition. This discussion even prompted some sincere attempts to repair intelligence oversight by legislation, all of which failed of course. The guardians of state secrecy are strong, and to be blunt, they do not really care very much about the privacy of others. They are in the intelligence business, and acquiring the secrets of others is central to that. This paper will show ethical aspects of consequences in ever changing intelligence bureaucracies.
This has been read more than many of my published papers, and has got me invited to quite a few c... more This has been read more than many of my published papers, and has got me invited to quite a few colleges of intelligence affairs
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