tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post2827066390656445681..comments2024-03-07T05:11:03.645-05:00Comments on Paul Davis On Crime: Company Confessions: Secrets, memoirs, And the C.I.A.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-27893322486621226232016-10-12T15:52:58.009-04:002016-10-12T15:52:58.009-04:00R.T.,
Its a case-by-case thing, in my view.
Int...R.T.,<br /><br />Its a case-by-case thing, in my view. <br /><br />Intelligence operations are part of history, and although I am dead against releasing secrets in book form or online, governments have a way of over-classifying and keeping things classified far longer than need be.<br /><br />Sometimes it is to cover-up errors, and sometimes it is out of undue caution. <br /><br />For example, the Brits are only now releasing WWII secrets. Historians and readers have the right to view documents if and when they no longer need protecting. <br /><br />And yes, I would - and have - written about some of my security/intel experiences. <br /><br />But as I was entrusted for more than 37 years to protect Navy/DoD secrets, I made damn sure the information was no longer classified.<br /><br />Paul Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731027273906838992.post-1625457074926854372016-10-12T10:10:35.456-04:002016-10-12T10:10:35.456-04:00Your posting reminds me of how conflicted I am abo...Your posting reminds me of how conflicted I am about such books. I would rather secrets remains secrets. "Inside" looks at intelligence operations and apparatus are -- in my mind -- big mistakes. For example, I could not ever imagine writing then or now about life in NAVSECGRU as a CT? Would you write about your intel experiences? I think such "tell all" exercises are ill-advised. Leave it to the fiction writers, like Le Carre and others, and keep the intel folks silent. Of course, I could be wrong. You tell me.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com