Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence

摘要

James Clapper says he never expected to write a book like Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence. The publicity involved goes against all he believes about the intelligence business, where laboring unheralded is the norm. As he explains it, U.S. intelligence community (IC) service "means toiling in anonymity and not getting public recognition for achievements." He changed his mind for two reasons. First, Clapper wrote this book because his fifty plus years of experience gave him a front-row seat to the development of the IC, the history of which is itself a story worth telling. Second, and by far most importantly, Clapper wrote this book because of current threats he sees as effectively targeting the fundamental values underpinning the American political system. Now that he is a private citizen, Clapper considers it his duty to be as frank as he can about issues he finds deeply disturbing.