Bleakley, Jack.
The Eavesdroppers. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service,
1991. Bleakley, Jack.
The Eavesdroppers. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service,
1991.
Unsinger, FILS 11.5, calls this work on Australian SIGINT in World War II an "excellent" and "well-written" book.
I&NS 9.4 comments that the book describes "how signals intelligence was collected on a day-to-day basis and how it was applied on a daily basis by lower level commanders." Bleakley's "account is lively" and a "splendid and easy read." The book "does not include footnotes."
[WWII/Australia]
Blechman, Barry M. "Lessons in Intelligence Reform." Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 6, no. 1 (Winter 2005): 139-145.
[Reform/00s/05]
Bledowska, Celina,
and Jonathan Block. KGB-CIA: Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Operations.
New York: Exeter, 1987.
Reviewing for NameBase, Badrich comments that "[t]his "looks like yet another oversized coffee-table picture book.... In fact, the book's well-chosen pictures tell a story in themselves. But Bledowska and Bloch have also produced a literate, fast-moving narrative that succinctly lays out their well-informed, independent perspective on forty-odd years of spooking.... For a beginning reader on the world of 'intelligence,' this is a reliable overview."
[CIA/Overviews; Russia]
Bleicher, Hugo.
Ed., Ian Colvin. Colonel Henri's Story: The War Memoirs of Hugo Bleicher,
Former German Secret Agent. London: Kimber, 1954.
Constantinides comments that "Bleicher does not give a full story of the operations he does treat and leaves others obscure"; he does, however, provide "some valuable views of the counterintelligence war from the other side."
[WWII/Eur/Ger]
Blevins, Don.
"The Forgotten Peacemaker, Nicholas Trist." American History
Illustrated 14 (Jun. 1979): 4-8, 42-47. [Petersen]
[Historical/U.S./MexicanWar]
Blewett, Daniel
K. American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
Surveillant 4.4/5 says that this work is "[n]ot exhaustive, but ... includes separate chapters on terrorism, intelligence, espionage, and arms control and disarmament, making this dictionary [sic] worth a look" by readers interested in intelligence issues.
[MI/Reference]
Bliss, Jeff. "Allen Leaves CIA to Lead Homeland Security Intelligence Shakeup." Bloomberg News, 15 Mar. 2006. [http://www.bloomberg.com]
CIA veteran Charlie Allen is now in charge of organizing the Homeland Security Department's intelligence service. He will need to "meld nine separate intelligence operations into one cohesive unit to avoid overlap and coordinate better with local law enforcement agencies.... Allen heads an operation that includes Coast Guard officers feeding information on waterborne threats, federal air marshals keeping suspicious plane passengers under surveillance, Customs and Border Patrol workers scanning overseas letters and Secret Service agents tracking down threats to the president and foreign dignitaries."
[Terrorism/DHS/06]
Blitzer, Wolf.
"Pollard: Not a Bumbler, but Israel's Master Spy." Washington
Post, 15 Feb. 1987, C1.
[SpyCases/U.S./Pollard]
Blitzer, Wolf.
Territory of Lies, the Exclusive Story of Jonathan Jay Pollard: The American Who Spied on His Country for Israel and How He Was Betrayed. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
Chambers characterizes Territory of Lies as "an experienced journalist tak[ing] a less than flattering look at a credulous twerp."
As seen by Valcourt, IJI&C 3.3, the author "understands American politics and the structure of the Washington establishment," but he abandons some of his objectivity by championing Anne Pollard's case in seeking early release. "Blitzer concludes that 'the benefits to Israel did not outweigh the costs." This is "an estimable book ... [and the] best and most comprehensive account of the affair to date."
The reviewer in FA 68.4 calls Blitzer's prose "occasionally offhand," but adds that the journalist "knows his two countries in detail and is careful not to venture beyond his evidence."
Sinclair, I&NS 6.2, sees the book as "excessively earnest and at times tedious.... Crippled by a lack of substantive information, Blitzer's book is an unconvincing attempt to vindicate an unfascinating subject.... Territory of Lies does manage to give an interesting, though unflattering, view of the Naval Intelligence Service (NIS).... We learn little about the mysterious LAKAM, though its leadership is examined."
[SpyCases/U.S./Pollard][c]
Bloch, Gilbert.
Tr., C.A. Deavours.
1. "Enigma Before Ultra: Polish Work and the French Contribution." Cryptologia, Jul. 1987: 142-155.
2. "Enigma Before Ultra: The Polish Success and Check." Cryptologia, Oct. 1987: 227-233.
3. "Enigma Avant Ultra/Enigma Before Ultra." Cryptologia, Jul. 1988: 178-184.
Sexton identifies these articles as translations of chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Bloch's privately published Enigma Avant Ultra (1930-1940) (1988).
[OtherCountries/Poland/Enigma; UK/WWII/Ultra]
Bloch, Gilbert. "Polish Reconstitution of the German Military Enigma and the First Decryptments of Its Messages." Journal of Intelligence History 1, no. 1 (Summer 2001). [http://www.intelligence-history.org/jih/previous.html]
From abstract: "The improved 1930 Militär-Enigma was considered to present cryptanalysts with an insoluble problem. Nonetheless, the system did involve provisions liable to jeopardize security, which, in combination with documents furnished by Hans-Thilo Schmidt (HE/Asche) to the French, would eventually enable three brilliant Polish mathematicians [Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski, and Jerzy Rózycki] to decipher most of the German Army messages between 1933 and 1938.... Only in March 1939, after the Germans had added two more rotors to the Enigma, did the flow stop. When the British promised the Poles assistance in time of need, it was the beginning of close cooperation between Poland, France, and Great Britain."
[OtherCountries/Poland/Enigma; UK/WWII/Ultra]
Bloch, Jonathan, and Patrick Fitzgerald. British Intelligence and Covert Action: Africa, Middle East, and Europe Since 1945. London: Junction Books, 1983. [pb] Dingle, Ireland: Brandon Book Publishers, 1983.
Unsinger, IJI&C 1.4/2.2, notes that the introduction to this book is by Phillip Agee, and the authors use the "Agee approach -- wholesale listing of personnel in the British Foreign Office and other agencies." There is "precious little substance" here.
NameBase adds that "[a]n appendix from pages 254-275 contains official biographies of 132 British spooks.... From the introduction by Philip Agee: 'The authors have brought together an excellent historical survey of secret British operations over the past thirty years. Their sources are well-documented and extremely broad.'"
[UK/Postwar]
Block, Alan A.
"A Modern Marriage of Convenience: A Collaboration between Organized
Crime and U.S. Intelligence." In Organized Crime: A Global Perspective,
ed. Robert J. Kelly. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1986.
Petersen: "Mafia role in security of New York waterfront."
[CIA/Accusations]
Block,
Lawrence J., and David B. Rivkin, Jr. "The Battle to Control the Conduct
of Foreign Intelligence and Covert Operations: The Ultra-Whig Counterrevolution
Revisited." Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 12, no.
2 (Spring 1989): 303-355.
[Oversight; Overviews/Legal]
Block, Robert. "U.S. to Expand Domestic Use of Spy Satellites." Wall Street Journal, 15 Aug. 2007, A1. [http://online.wsj.com]
A decision made in May 2007 by DNI Michael McConnell "greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the ... vast network of [U.S.] spy satellites.... The move was authorized in a ... memo sent to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asking his department to facilitate access to the spy network on behalf of civilian agencies and law enforcement." DHS's chief intelligence officer, Charles Allen, "will be in charge of the new program."
[DHS/07; DNI/07; FBI/DomSec; Recon/Sats/Arts]
Block, Robert, and Gary Fields. "Is Military Creeping into Domestic Spying and Enforcement?" Wall Street Journal, 9 Mar. 2004, B1. [http://online.wsj.com]
The article reports instances of "an expanding military role in domestic affairs."
[MI/00s/Gen; Overviews/Legal/Topics/Military]
Bloechl,
T.D. Mission Complete: Tactical Intelligence During the Transition from War to Peace. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Army Command and General Staff College, 1993.
According to Surveillant 3.4/5, the author "describes the stability phase of Operation Just Cause and its associated intelligence operations.... [He] concludes that current doctrine does not adequately address tactical intelligence operations during the transition from war to peace."
[MI/Ops/80s]
Bloom, Murray
Teigh. "Uncle Sam: Bashful Counterfeiter." International Journal
of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 2, no. 3 (1988): 345-358.
This article discusses a scheme raised by John Steinbeck and others to counterfeit German money. Donovan raised the same idea with regard to Italy. The idea also came from elsewhere in OSS regarding Japan. The author also discusses Reddick's operation.
[WWII/Deception][c]
Bloomfield, Lincoln
P., Jr. "The Legitimacy of Covert Action: Sorting Out the Moral Responsibilities."
International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 4,
no. 4 (Winter 1990): 525-537.
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