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The wizards of Langley: inside the CIA's directorate of science and technology

By:

RICHELSON Jeffery T

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boulder, Co. USA: Westview Press, 2001Description: 386pISBN:

0813366992 (hbk.):

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Summary: Based mainly on declassified documents this is a very detailed account of some of the remarkable technical achievements (and thier sometimes unexpected spin-offs) of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology. These included the U2 spyplane, the CORONA satellite, and UAVs. More recently attention hs been focussed on Internet tools such as multi-lingual search engines, automated data analysis systems, as well as means of covering the CIA's own tracks in cyberspace.

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Based mainly on declassified documents this is a very detailed account of some of the remarkable technical achievements (and thier sometimes unexpected spin-offs) of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology. These included the U2 spyplane, the CORONA satellite, and UAVs. More recently attention hs been focussed on Internet tools such as multi-lingual search engines, automated data analysis systems, as well as means of covering the CIA's own tracks in cyberspace.

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