Category: Commentary
The commentary provide background detail not included in the stories, with a focus on main themes of the website: modern espionage, ethics and the challenges facing young professionals.
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Intelligence work needs a “duty of care” to the public
Secret intelligence can hurt the innocent. Intelligence workers should have a duty of care to everyone with whom they come into contact.
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Intelligence challenges: hidden agendas in the secret state
Intelligence processes were introduced for the State to gain advantage over its adversaries. But states have hidden agendas, including against their own people.
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Obsessive secrecy in intelligence agencies – the dangers
Obsessive secrecy dominates the work of intelligence agencies as well as some areas of commercial intelligence. Obsessive secrecy is an ethical challenge.