Espionage
This page count does not include a title page, graphics, or the references/bibliography page(s), which are also required in accordance with Chicago. The source material should result primarily from self-led external research of scholarly articles.
In addition, you may use the course-required reading materials. It is a requirement that you use at least 6 scholarly sources in researching and writing this assignment.
Topic: Espionage exists in many forms. Compare and contrast human intelligence espionage versus technical espionage (imagery, communications, electronics, cyber collection, etc.).
Here are are a few questions to prompt your thinking. But you should develop your own measures and present them in your paper.
What are the strengths and limitations of each, what types of information can only be collected by human espionage versus technical espionage.
What are the organizational differences in how we conduct human versus technical espionage.
What are the costs invested in human versus technical espionage and what are the problems in managing the information we collect by human espionage versus technical espionage, etc.
You must use facts and examples to bear out your evaluation. Include real-life cases (with specific dates, places, names, outcomes, effects, etc.). You must conduct research beyond what is in the readings in the class.
You are expected to have at least 6 outside reliable sources (journals, government reports and studies, verified public information, etc.).
Optional Readings: You may use either of the following references for ideas…
To help you learn more about the day to day activities of human intelligence espionage please see the attached book that discusses espionage and counterespionage operations in Latin America in the 1960s.
It should provide plenty of detail and insight. You are not required to use this reading. It is provided, though, for you to get a good understanding of the purpose, methods, and issues in espionage.
Haste Hastedt, Glenn P. 2011. Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage [2 Volumes] : An Encyclopedia of American Espionage. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost),
