Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets-And How We Let It Happen
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Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets-And How We Let It Happen is a 2006 book by Bill Gertz
. In this book, Gertz brings to light instances where national security
had been damaged by negligence
and incompetence
. Gertz makes the claim that more high-level attention is needed, as well as more resources, better leadership
and proactive
programs.
. Gertz argues that the US has allowed itself to be penetrated by China
, Russia
and Cuba
- and nominally friendly nations - due to negligence. Gertz reports on intelligence
gathering in America
by China, Cuba and North Korea
.
and New York Times Bestseller List . The FBI General Overviews 2000s A-G gave favorable reviews to the book .
Bill Gertz
Bill Gertz is an American editor, columnist and reporter for The Washington Times. He is the author of six books and writes a weekly column on the Pentagon and national security issues called "Inside the Ring". During the administration of Bill Clinton Gertz was known for his stories exposing...
. In this book, Gertz brings to light instances where national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
had been damaged by negligence
Negligence
Negligence is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm.According to Jay M...
and incompetence
Incompetence
Incompetence is the inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.* Administrative incompetence, dysfunctional administrative behaviors that hinder attainment of organization goals...
. Gertz makes the claim that more high-level attention is needed, as well as more resources, better leadership
Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
and proactive
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programs.
Background
Enemies is a 2006 book by Bill GertzBill Gertz
Bill Gertz is an American editor, columnist and reporter for The Washington Times. He is the author of six books and writes a weekly column on the Pentagon and national security issues called "Inside the Ring". During the administration of Bill Clinton Gertz was known for his stories exposing...
. Gertz argues that the US has allowed itself to be penetrated by China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
- and nominally friendly nations - due to negligence. Gertz reports on intelligence
Intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities for abstract thought, understanding, communication, reasoning, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving....
gathering in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by China, Cuba and North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
.
Highlights
The following topics are discussed in the book:- How FBI informant Katrina LeungKatrina LeungKatrina Leung was a former high value Federal Bureau of Investigation and PRC Ministry of State Security agent who, on April 9, 2003, was indicted by the United States Department of Justice for "Unauthorized Copying of National Defense Information with Intent to Injure or Benefit a Foreign...
and her FBI handlerAgent handlingIn intelligence organizations, agent handling is the management of agents, principal agents, and agent networks by intelligence officers typically known as case officers.-Human intelligence:...
J. J. Smith helped China obtain secretsSecretsSecrets may refer to:*Secrecy, the quality or condition of being secret or hidden- Literature :*Secrets , a 1985 novel by Danielle Steel*Secrets , a 2002 novel by Jacqueline Wilson...
on US electronic eavesdropping. - New details on the technical intelligence-gathering spy ring of Tai Mak and Chi MakChi MakChi Mak is a naturalized American citizen who worked as an engineer for California-based defense contractor Power Paragon, a part of L-3 Communications. In 2007, Mak was found guilty of conspiring to export sensitive defense technology to China.Mak's defense was that he thought there was nothing...
, two brothers arrested for supplying China with vital defense technology. - How information compromised to China allows BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
to track US Virginia class submarineVirginia class submarineThe Virginia class is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The submarines are designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions...
s. - How the CIA was informed in 1999 that at least three of its clandestine service officers were on the payroll of Chinese intelligenceChinese intelligence activity in other countriesChinese intelligence is believed to be highly active outside of the People's Republic of China. China is the largest intelligence collector in the Netherlands, as well as in several other EU countries, and one of the top five intelligence collectors in the United States...
, but the agency failed to find the spiesEspionageEspionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
. - How China has established a special, ultra-secret intelligence unit tasked with planting spies inside the US government.
- How China ran a high-level penetration agentEspionageEspionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
inside the US government code-named "Mother." - How the FBI mistakenly hounded CIA counterintelligence officer Brian KelleyBrian KelleyBrian Kelley is an American television writer. He has written for Conan O'Brien, SNL, Newsradio, Clerks, Futurama, Joey and The Simpsons.- The Simpsons episodes :He has written the following episodes:...
and his family for nearly two years, while the real target of the mole hunt, FBI Agent Robert HanssenRobert HanssenRobert Philip Hanssen is a former American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001...
, operated freely and passed secrets to MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. - How Russia has dispatched scores of intelligence operatives to the United States, rivalling Cold WarCold WarThe Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
levels of spying. - How weak counter-intelligence has allowed terrorists to infiltrate the US military and gain access to US secrets.
- How North Korea conducted intelligence-related abductions of Japanese nationalsNorth Korean abductions of JapaneseThe abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government happened during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. Although only 17 Japanese are officially recognized by the Japanese government as having been abducted, there may have been as many as 70 to 80...
. - How Cuba penetrated the Defense Intelligence AgencyDefense Intelligence AgencyThe Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide...
and other agencies with high-level mole Ana MontesAna MontesAna Belen Montes is a former senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the United States. On September 21, 2001, she was arrested and subsequently charged with Conspiracy to Commit Espionage for the government of Cuba...
, who spied to help NicaraguaNicaraguaNicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
's Sandinistas and then became Cuba's most important agent. - How British military intelligenceBritish Military Intelligence Systems in Northern IrelandThe British Military is alleged by author Tony Geraghty to have exploited a number of information sources during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Geraghty describes these in his book, The Irish War, basing his description on an extract from an unspecified, classified document passed to him by an...
penetrated the terrorist Irish Republican ArmyIrish Republican ArmyThe Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
with an agent code-named StakeknifeStakeknifeStakeknife is the code name of an alleged spy who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army at a high level, while working for the top secret Force Research Unit of the British Army...
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Critical reception
This book is on the nationalUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and New York Times Bestseller List . The FBI General Overviews 2000s A-G gave favorable reviews to the book .