| | |  | Computer Security | Home » » Running A Ring Of Spies: Spycraft And Black Operations In The Real World Of Espionage | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Running a ring of spies is no mission impossible with this tell-all primer. Find out the secrets of the world's best spies and peep into the real world of a Bangkok madam-turned-secret agent, Aldrich Ames, U.S. Embassy guards, Kim Philby and garden-variety corporate spies. Find out how to get the goods on the bad guys. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jefferson Mack | | Paperback:
| 216 pages | | Publisher:
| Paladin Press | | Publication Date:
| November 01, 1996 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0873649028 | | Product Length:
| 8.38 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.48 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.53 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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14 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Bought 2 more copiesJul 20, 2003
This book does contain the real secrets beind how the spy trade works. On the news you often hear that a piece of information can't be declassified because it would give away the ways & means used to collect intellgence by the agency. This book contains those ways & means. Fear, lust and greed, exploiting human nature. How to find someones thumb screws and force him or her to become a spy for you. Spying is a dirty, dirty business; someone you've known for 20 years can turn out to be your worst enemy. As the old saying goes "Your worst enemy is always a friend."The author of this book also has another one titled HOW TO RUN A SAFE HOUSE. Again, packed with great information.These books do contain dangerous information if looked at from the right perspective. The 911 hijackers used the exact information contained in these books to set up shop, plan the job, operate safe houses, etc. all right under the noses of the FBI.Remember, a terrorist doesn't see himself as a terrorist. He sees himself as a secret agent. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the spy-craft tricks-of-the-trade.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A good book for the uninitiated.Aug 16, 1999
This is a good book for learning how to recruit, run and handle spies. It's wise, but in my case it just summarized what I already knew.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Insight Into How Agents and Informants Are Actually Spotted, Assessed, and Recruited.Aug 16, 2009
By Michael Chesbro
I first read "Running a Ring of Spies" several years ago, and thought it was pretty good. I have recently re-read the book, and again found it interesting and informative.
"Running a Ring of Spies" offers insight into how agents and informants are actually spotted, assessed, and recruited. The book looks at the motivations for spying - MALICE: Money, Anger, Lust, Ideology, Compromise, and Ego, and discusses some ways a recruiter and case officer may exploit these motivations.
Moreover, "Running a Ring of Spies" is written in an easy-to-read format, offering stories of various people being recruited to be spies (perhaps based on actual events, or perhaps made up to illustrate the methods discussed in the book). Either way, reading this book will give you a basic understanding of how spies are recruited.
An entertaining book for those who enjoy "spy stories" and informative for those who want to develop a little security awareness and understanding of how intelligence agencies operate.
* Contents *
The Easy Come Bar
Spying Has One Purpose
The Basic Principles of Spying
Who Is a Spy and Who Is Not
The Making of a Traitor
The Art of Deception
Exercises in Deception and Intelligence Collection
It's More Than Telling Lies
The Case Officer at Work
When a Private Citizen Recruits
Surveillance
The Basic Steps: Phase One
The Basic Steps: Phase Two
The Security Aspect
Case Studies
The Successful Spy
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
A truly dangerous book!Oct 06, 1998
However paranoid you are now, this book will multiply it by one hundred-fold! The techniques described can literally make or break a company or political group! If you're smart enough to buy this book andd apply its knowledge, it will give you the COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE EDGE! Not for the faint of heart.
 It is what it says it isApr 25, 2011
By Philip Henry
"Flyer29"
Recommended by a friend because of mutual interests. It was an interesting book, but not what I had expected.
I would have appreciated what I thought it would be; more historical events and accounts of activities, rather than telling me how to become a spy.
Nonetheless I found much of interest in this well written book
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