Omand, David
Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence
- ISBN 13:
- 9780198785590
- author:
- Omand, David
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 24.2 x 16.4 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, Censorship,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Intelligence activities pose significant dilemmas for democratic societies. How far should governments go in collecting and using intelligence before it jeopardizes citizens' freedoms? This is one of the great unresolved issues of public policy, at the heart of debates concerning the relationship between the citizen and the state.
National security practitioner David Omand and intelligence scholar Mark Phythian offer an ethical framework for examining these issues. They structure their book as an engaging debate, presenting their positions while posing key questions to each other and the reader. The authors probe areas of secret intelligence, including human intelligence, surveillance, ethics of covert actions, and oversight.
Throughout the book, they demonstrate that it is possible to strike a balance between liberty and security. By examining these issues through an ethical lens, Safe and Sound provides valuable insights for anyone interested in national security, politics, or the role of intelligence agencies in society.
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