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| Author | Maloy Krishna Dhar |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Manas Publications |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | India |
| Pages | 552 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7049-216-0 |
| OCLC | 1117498341 |
Open Secrets: India's Intelligence Unveiled is a 2005 personal memoir by Indian intelligence operative Maloy Krishna Dhar.[a] The central theme throughout the book is that of the need for legislative oversight and checks for intelligence agencies in India. Dhar, a former Intelligence Bureau of India joint director, provides a top down view of the intelligence establishment in India and the types of pressures that it has to face in carrying out its duties including those of how the agencies are used for 'personal-political agendas'. As a historical memoir, it was as of 2015, the only information available of the Intelligence Bureau that was in the public domain.[2] Dhar wrote this in a time when writing about the intelligence community was frowned upon to the extent of being an act of betrayal.[3] The book remained a number one non-fiction best seller for months after its publication and stirred many a national debate.
- ^ a b "An intelligence officer who wielded the pen with equal ease - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ Achom, Debanish (21 May 2015). "Towards a more professional IB". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- ^ Studies in Intelligence Vol 50 No 2. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 2004. pp. 86–87.
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