The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency
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Overview
In February of 2006, Matthew Aid’s discovery of a massive secret historical document reclassification program then taking place at the National Archives made the front page of the New York Times. This discovery is only the tip of the iceberg of Aid’s more than twenty years of intensive research, culled from thousands of pages of formerly top secret documents. In The Secret Sentry, he details the untold history of America’s most elusive and powerful intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), since the end of World War II. This will be the first comprehensive history of the NSA, most recently in the news with regards to domestic spying, and will reveal brand new details about controversial episodes including the creation of Israel, the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall, and the invasion of Iraq. Since the beginning of the Cold War, the NSA has become the most important source of intelligence in the US government: 60% of the president’s daily briefing comes from the NSA. Matthew Aid will reveal just how this came to be, and why the NSA has gone to such great lengths to keep its history secret.
A groundbreaking history of America’s other, more powerful intelligence agency
FIRST EVER FULL HISTORY OF NSA: Matthew Aid’s history is based on years of research in NSA archives via the Freedom of Information Act. James Bamford’s bestselling intelligence history titles are primarily interview-based.
BREAKING NEWS: Includes revelations from NSA history-and the present-that have never before been published.
THE EXPERTS’ EXPERT: Matthew Aid is known for his meticulous research-including by NSA staffers, and major national media reporters are already tracking this book-they know Matthew Aid is the best person to write on the NSA.
- Title: The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency
- Author: Matthew M. Aid
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 432
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781608191796, 9781608190966, 160819096X, 1608191796
- Resource ID: LLS:9781608191796
- Resource Type: Monograph
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Matthew Aid is a leading intelligence historian and expert on the NSA, and a regular commentator on intelligence matters for the New York Times, the Financial Times, the National Journal, the Associated Press, CBS News, National Public Radio (NPR) and many others.