Richelson, Jeffrey T. Foreign Intelligence Organizations. Cambridge MA:
Ballinger Publishing, 1988. 331 pages.
Richelson has written several books about the U.S. and Soviet
intelligence services, and one on cooperation between the services of the
U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand (The Ties That Bind, with
co-author Desmond Ball, 1985). "Foreign Intelligence Organizations" treats
some the topics not covered earlier. It offers organization-chart overviews
of the services of several countries, and summaries of some of the current
issues. Included are the United Kingdom (GCHQ, SIS, MI5, DIS, Special
Branch); Canada (RCMP, CSIS, CSE, FIB); Italy (SISDE, SISMI, and the P2
problem); West Germany (Nazis, Gehlen, BND, BfV); France (SDECE, DGSE,
DST, and the Rainbow Warrior scandal), Israel (Mossad, Aman, Shin Bet,
Lakam); Japan (Naicho, PSIA, commercial trade intelligence); and China
(ILD, UFWD, MSS, MID, New China News Agency).
China wins the award for domestic repression, and Italy comes in
second with their neo-fascist plots and terrorism that they blame on the
Left. (Italy's intelligence services are better-behaved than the Mafia,
but not by much.) In the international dirty tricks department, little
Israel probably wins on a per capita basis, but then the U.S., Soviets,
Libya, and Iran aren't considered. This book includes almost 900 endnotes.
ISBN 0-88730-122-3
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