Central Intelligence

In The Rising Clamor: The American Press, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Cold War, David P. Hadley explores the relationships that developed between the CIA and the press, its evolution over time, and its practical impact from the creation of the CIA to the first major congressional investigations of its activities in 1975-1976 by the Church and Pike Committees.

يوجز هذا الكتاب "فن التجسس" للمؤلف هنري كرامبتون عالماً جديداً من المخاطر ودور جمع الاستخبارات والعمل الخفي في عوالم مجهولة. ويشتمل على استكشاف المبادئ الإستراتيجية والدينامية المعقدة الموجودة بين النزاع والاستخبارات والحكم والمجتمع، كل ذلك مكتوب بلغة حكائية، سردية، ادبية.

La Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, "agence centrale de renseignement"), fondée en 1947 est l'une des agences de renseignement les plus connues des États-Unis. Elle est chargée de l'acquisition du renseignement (notamment par l'espionnage) et de la plupart des opérations clandestines effectuées hors du sol américain. Son quartier général depuis 1961 sur le site de Langley, en Virginie, aux États-Unis. Elle a le droit de garder secrètes la plupart de ses caractéristiques : nombre d'employés, budget.

After a late-night session working as a freelancer with the joint CIA/FBI taskforce known as Project Top Hat, Jane Doe comes home to find a new message on her answering machine from old friend, Sha-De. The message is as vague as it is urgent. She tries to call back, but gets no reply. When Jane find out that the message might have been the last time anyone had heard from Sha-De before her death, she immediately books a flight to the last place her friend was seen alive: New Orleans. When Jane gets there, the city is living in fear as a series of seemingly impossible murders are taking place...