Intelligence in Contemporary Media

57 Pages·2011·1.864 MB·English

by  Frances M. Walsch

INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STUDIES

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NTELLIGENCE IN
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NTELLIGENCE IN
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FRANCES M. WALSCH
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Intelligence in contemporary media / editors [sic], Frances M. Walsch.
p. cm.
Originally published in the journal, Studies in intelligence: special
review supplement, vol. 53, no. 2, Summer 2009.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61209-037-5 (eBook)
1. Spy films--United States--History and criticism. 2. Intelligence
service in motion pictures. 3. American fiction--20th century--History and
criticism. 4. Intelligence service in literature. 5. Spy television
programs--United States--History and criticism. I. Walsch, Frances M. II.
Studies in intelligence.
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CONTENTS

Preface vii
Chapter 1 View of Intelligence Officers 1
Introduction 1
John McLaughlin
Chapter 2 Intelligence in Fictional Literature 3
Stephen Maturin: The Ideal Intelligence Officer
for Our Times 3
Nicholas Dujmovic
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 7
Barry Royden
Crescent Moon Rising 9
Noah Rozman
Stormbreaker: James Bond for a New Generation 10
Valerie P.
Rogue’s March 14
James M. Burridge
Chapter 3 Intelligence in Book and Film 17
The Hunt for Red October: The Techno-espionage
Prototype? 17
Bill Hadley
The Kite Runner 21
Elizabeth Darcy
vi Contents
Chapter 4 Intelligence in Film and Television 25
One Day in September and Munich: Enduring
Questions, Indelible Images 25
Daniel Tsao
The Siege 27
Eric Heller
9/11 Documentary 30
Dennis C. Wilder
Hamburg Cell 32
Senior New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Case Officer
Baghdad ER—The 86th Combat Support Hospital
in Iraq, a Documentary 33
John Elliott
Body of Lies 35
V. L. Vorbeck
The Recruit 36
John Anderson, Clifford L. and Lucy B.
The Bourne Identity 39
J. M. Webb
Burn Notice 41
Lisa M. Forrester
Taken 42
Shirley A. Healer
Index 45
PREFACE

The Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) was founded in 1974 in
response to Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger's desire to
create within the CIA an organization that could "think through the functions
of intelligence and bring the best intellects available to bear on intelligence
problems." The center, comprising professional historians and experienced
practitioners, attempts to document lessons learned from past activities, to
explore the needs and expectations of intelligence consumers, and to stimulate
serious debate about current and future intelligence challenges. This book
examines the numerous books and monographs addressing historical,
operational, doctrinal and theoretical aspects of the intelligence profession and
its relation to modern media.
One of the least appreciated facts about the intelligence profession is that
it exists in, and is influenced by, a very complex environment—one that
includes everything from its relationships with policymakers, legislatures,
military services, foreign partners, and last but not least, to its interaction with
the public. How intelligence relates to all of these arenas—and how it is
regarded within them—ultimately affects everything from intelligence
performance to funding to recruitment of personnel.
The public is a particularly important part of this environment. But unlike
military services, intelligence organizations do not have recruitment centers in
every mid-sized town; nor do most families have some member who has
served in intelligence. Hence, what most in the public think about intelligence
depends to a large extent on what they see in cinematic, documentary, and
novelistic sources like those reviewed in this issue. This is particularly the case
in the United States, but I suspect it is true by varying degree in all of the
countries our reviewers represent or have spent time in.
viii Frances M. Walsch
This is an edited, reformatted and augmented version of Studies in
Intelligence in Contemporary Media View of the Intelligence officers
introduction by John McLaughlin, dated Summer 2009.
In: Intelligence in Contemporary Media ISBN: 978-1-61122-651-5
Editors: Frances M. Walsch © 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter 1

VIEW OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
INTRODUCTION
John McLaughlin

One of the least appreciated facts about the intelligence profession is that
it exists in, and is influenced by, a very complex environment—one that
includes everything from its relationships with policymakers, legislatures,
military services, foreign partners, and last but not least, to its interaction with
the public. How intelligence relates to all of these arenas—and how it is
regarded within them—ultimately affects everything from intelligence
performance to funding to recruitment of personnel.
The public is a particularly important part of this environment. But unlike
military services, intelligence organizations do not have recruitment centers in
every mid-sized town; nor do most families have some member who has
served in intelligence. Hence, what most in the public think about intelligence
depends to a large extent on what they see in cinematic, documentary, and
novelistic sources like those reviewed in this issue. This is particularly the case
in the United States, but I suspect it is true by varying degree in all of the
countries our reviewers represent or have spent time in.
As the reviewers make clear, what the public sees and reads is with rare
exception fantasy mixed with a few kernels of truth. This is particularly true
when it comes to American authors and directors. We have not yet produced
an espionage novelist with the maturity and perfect pitch so frequently found
in the work of British masters such as John le Carré—although American