Ethics of Spying

This is the first book to offer the best essays, articles, and speeches on ethics and intelligence that demonstrate the complex moral dilemmas in intelligence collection, analysis, and operations. Some are recently declassified and never before published, and all are written by authors whose backgrounds are as varied as their insights, including Robert M. Gates, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; John P. Langan, the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Professor of Catholic Social Thought at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University; and Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and recipient of the Owens Award for contributions to the understanding of U.S. intelligence activities. Creating the foundation for the study of ethics and intelligence by filling in the gap between warfare and philosophy, this is a valuable collection of literature for building an ethical code that is not dependent on any specific agency, department, or country.

Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.' This is the first book to offer the best essays, articles, and speeches on ethics and intelligence that demonstrate the complex moral dilemmas in intelligence collection, analysis, and operations that confront government employees. Some are recently declassified and never before published, and all are written by authors whose backgrounds are as varied as their insights, including Robert M. Gates, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; John P. Langan, the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Professor of Catholic Social Thought at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University; and Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and recipient of the Owens Award for contributions to the understanding of U.S. intelligence activities. To the intelligence professional, this is a valuable collection of literature for building an ethical code that is not dependent on any specific agency, department, or country. Managers, supervisors, and employees of all levels should read this book. Creating the foundation for the study of ethics and intelligence by filling in the gap between warfare and philosophy, Ethics of Spying makes the statement that the intelligence professional has ethics.

Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Acknowledgments
Part 4 Part 1: Ethics and the Intelligence Community
Chapter 5 1. Ethics and Intelligence
Chapter 6 2. Intelligence Ethics
Chapter 7 3. Ethics and Morality in U.S. Secret Intelligence
Chapter 8 4. The Need for Improvement: Integrity, Ethics, and the CIA
Chapter 9 5. Bungee Jumping off the Moral Highground: Ethics of Espionage in the Modern Age
Part 10 Part 2: Ethics and Intelligence Collection and Analysis
Chapter 11 6. Moral Damage and the Justification of Intelligence Collection from Human Sources
Chapter 12 7. Intelligence Collection and Analysis: Dilemmas and Decisions
Chapter 13 8. An Ethical Defense of Torture in Interrogation
Chapter 14 9. Interrogation Ethics in the Context of Intelligence Collection
Chapter 15 10. Guarding against Politicization: A Message to Analysts
Chapter 16 11. Memorandum: One Person Can Make a Difference
Chapter 17 12. The Ethics of War, Spying, and Compulsory Training
Part 18 Part 3: Ethics and Covert Action
Chapter 19 13. Legitimacy of Covert Action: Sorting out the Moral Responsibilities
Chapter 20 14. Covert Intervention as a Moral Problem
Chapter 21 15. "Repugnant Philosophy": Ethics, Espionage, and Covert Action
Chapter 22 16. Managing Covert Political Action: Guideposts from Just War Theory
Chapter 23 17. Ethics of Covert Operations
Chapter 24 18. Military and Civilian Perspectives on the Ethics of Intelligence: Report on a Workshop at the Department of Philosophy
Part 25 Part 4: Related Professions
Chapter 26 19. Sociology: Ethics of Covert Methods
Chapter 27 20. Comment on "The Ethics of Covert Methods"
Chapter 28 21. Science: Anthropologists as Spies
Chapter 29 22. Business: Ethical Issues in Competitive Intelligence Practice
Chapter 30 23. Business: The Challenge of Completely Ethical Competitive Intelligence and the "CHIP" Model
Part 31 Appendix A: Principles, Creeds, Codes, and Values
Part 32 Appendix B: Case Studies
Part 33 About the Contributors