How Private Intelligence Companies Became the New Spymasters
This article by Engelsberg Ideas contains contributions from EI writers on developments in the world of spycraft. Shashank Joshi describes how private intelligence companies are competing with state agencies and transforming the age-old craft of espionage into a high-stakes technological arms race. “The paradox is that while there are more means to keep data secret, there is much more data in the first place”, writes Joshi, “and so many more places from where it can seep out into the world, where a sprawling ecosystem of private intelligence can collect and analyse it.” Gill Bennet considers how technology cannot be a substitute for human intelligence gathering; Suzanne Raine reflects on how spies grapple with the uncomfortable reality that when terrorists go quiet, they might be planning something big; and John Sawers discusses the role of intelligence leaders in international politics.
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