TY - BOOK AU - AID Matthew M. TI - Intel wars: the secret history of the fight against terror SN - 9781608194988 (pbk.) : PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Press , KW - SUBVERSION KW - ESPIONAGE KW - INTELLIGENCE SERVICE KW - UNITED STATES KW - HISTORY KW - TERRORISM KW - PREVENTION KW - GOVERNMENT POLICY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The shock of the 9/11 attacks sent the American intelligence community into hyperactive growth. Five hundred billion dollars of spending in the Bush-Cheney years turned the U.S. spy network into a monster: 200,000-plus employees, stations in 170 countries, and an annual budget of more than $75 billion. Armed with cutting-edge surveillance gear, high-tech weapons, and fleets of armed and unarmed drone aircraft, America deploys the most advanced intel force in history ER -