NSEC611 - Covert Action and National Security
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NS525 examines the following topics in depth: US Covert Action & Counter-Intelligence; two notable cases of senior Soviet agents run by the CIA; the CIA and its activities as described at length by ten senior officers; a thorough examination of the Mossad by one of its former officers; Covert action in relation to the Presidency, and Espionage tradecraft, general equipment and operations.
The course progresses further, to examine spy technology, its evolution and uses in context of Intelligence and national security. The ultimate sanction in Covert Action – assassination - is examined in historical depth. The course then moves on to analyze three diverse, contemporary covert action missions (in media format). The course goes on to assess the great challenges to national security, covert action, conventional energy sources, mechanical propulsion and the weaponisation of space, posed by the large-scale disclosures by military, intelligence & scientific witnesses involved in the [highest level of secrecy] Blue Book & NRO projects, and support activities.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 05/30/10 |
Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 12/28/09 - 05/30/10 |
06/07/10 - 08/01/10 |
Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 03/29/10 - 08/29/10 |
09/06/10 - 10/31/10 |
Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 04/26/10 - 09/26/10 |
10/04/10 - 11/28/10 |
Fall 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 06/28/10 - 11/28/10 |
12/06/10 - 01/30/11 |
Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Unconventional Warfare - DVD - available at MBS Direct and online http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=72448
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| ISBN: |
0767071816
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| Publication Info: |
A&E Home Video
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| Book Title: |
CIA Spy Master
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| ISBN: |
1589802349
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| Publication Info: |
Pelican Publishing, Gretna, LA, 2004
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| Book Title: |
Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
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| ISBN: |
0813123348
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| Publication Info: |
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2004
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The Disclosure Project-Links also available inside the classroom.
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| ISBN: |
DVD
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| Publication Info: |
http://www.disclosureproject.org/shop.htm#Disclosure%20Witness%20DVD
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| Book Title: |
By Way of Deception (No longer available through MBS Direct, please try other booksellers)
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| ISBN: |
0971759502
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| Publication Info: |
Wilshire Press Inc. 2002
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| Book Title: |
Modern Marvels: Spy Technology -Available online
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| ISBN: |
DVD
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| Publication Info: |
http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=42392
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