Chaos in Counterintelligence

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1 “Former Special Agent in Charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia.” The United States Department of Justice, 23 January 2023, https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-special-agent-charge-new-york-fbi-counterintelligence-division-charged-violating2 Brian Latell, Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), pp. 239–247.3 A vigorous rebuttal to Bamford’s critique of Israel can be found in the recent memoirs of Mike Pompeo, the former CIA director and secretary of state. “America’s real special relationship,” he argues, “may well be the one we have with Israel.” Explaining how the Abraham Accords emerged during his tenure in office, Pompeo states, “We didn’t see things as Jews versus Arabs, or Israel versus everyone but America. We could see with fresh eyes how the region was poised for a realignment, with the forces of peace and stability (Israel and certain neighbors) opposing the forces of destruction and extremism (the Iranian regime, its proxies, and Sunni jihadists such as ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] and al-Queda).” Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love (New York: Broadside Books, 2023), pp. 309–329.4 Prime examples cited by Bamford include Admiral Michael Rogers (National Security Agency [NSA]/Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]), General Michael Hayden (NSA/CIA), General James Clapper (director of national intelligence), and George Tenet (CIA).Additional informationNotes on contributorsJefferson AdamsJefferson Adams is Professor Emeritus of History at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York; Senior Editor of the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence; and author of Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence and Strategic Intelligence in the Cold War. The author can be contacted at jadams@slc.edu.