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| Author | James Bamford |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | National Security Agency |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 2001 (Anchor Books) |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-49907-1 |
| OCLC | 44713235 |
| 327.1273 21 | |
| LC Class | UB256.U6 B36 2001 |
| Preceded by | The Puzzle Palace |
| Followed by | A Pretext for War |
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency is a book by James Bamford about the NSA and its operations. It also covers the history of espionage in the United States from uses of the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system to retrieve personnel on Arctic Ocean drift stations to Operation Northwoods, a declassified US military plan that Bamford describes as a "secret and bloody war of terrorism against their own country in order to trick the American public into supporting an ill-conceived war they intended to launch against Cuba."[1][2][3]
For the book, NSA director Michael Hayden gave him unprecedented access. In contrast, his previous book, The Puzzle Palace, was almost blocked from publication by the agency.
- ^ James Bamford (2002-04-30). Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency. Anchor. ISBN 0-385-49908-6.
- ^ Cohen, Eliot A. (2001). "Review of Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency". Foreign Affairs. 80 (5): 164–164. doi:10.2307/20050282. ISSN 0015-7120.
- ^ Zaleski, Jeff; Abbott, Charlotte; Gold, Sarah F.; Rotella, Mark (2001-04-23). "BODY OF SECRETS (Book Review)". Publishers Weekly. 248 (17): 67.