Understanding Shadows: The Corrupt Use of Intelligence de Quilligan, Michael/ Schmidt, Olivier (Foreward By) - 2013

Clarity Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 280 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Vague references to the 'war on terror' and the 'threat to national security' are frequently used by venal politicians to cover-up criminal associations and covert illegal activity, ranging from money-laundering, narcotics trafficking, abduction and murder to the wholesale slaughter of non-combatant civilians -- glibly dismissed as 'collateral damage' in mainstream media coverage of state terror, from the Caucuses to the Middle East and the streets of European capitals, while locally, in towns and villages that never make headlines, predatory Catholic clergy and radical Islamic academics and imams abuse trust to accommodate their personal agendas of greed, lust and revenge. The issues in Understanding Shadows include how the overweening pride of US and European intelligence agencies contributed to the development of the 'Islamic' bomb, and the proliferation of nuclear technology; crime and extra-judicial 'punishment' in Russia and… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.