Through Enemy Eyes: A Soviet View of U.S. Intelligence

Abstract

This study presents characterizations of US intelligence organizations and its operational components as they appeared in selected Soviet open source publications. These descriptions are then compared with information readily available in American publications to create an analytical framework for the discussion of the probable reasons for the discrepancies noted in Soviet sources. In the wake of intense public scrutiny, many American observers contend that US intelligence has suffered a serious blow that seriously degrades its effectiveness. The analysis of Soviet sources presented in the second section of this paper, however, tends to indicate that the Soviets in their state- controlled and censored press, do not agree that any great harm has been done to the operational or analytic capability of US intelligence, and still regards it as a formidable opponent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA115147

Entities

People

  • Edward P. O'connell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Green Berets
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Law
  • Military Intelligence
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Surveillance
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies