Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

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"Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror" is a memoir by former CIA and NSA director Michael V. Hayden that offers an insider account of U.S. intelligence operations and challenges in the post-9/11 era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
author Michael V. Hayden
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesRoleOf Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Director of the National Security Agency
discusses civil liberties concerns
cooperation with foreign intelligence services
legal oversight of intelligence
organizational challenges within intelligence agencies
technological change in signals intelligence
focusesOn counterterrorism strategy
ethical debates about surveillance
intelligence operations
intelligence reform
legal constraints on intelligence
public controversies over surveillance programs
relations between intelligence agencies and Congress
relations between intelligence agencies and the White House
genre intelligence studies
non-fiction
political memoir
hasAuthorBackground former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
former Director of the National Security Agency
hasForm prose
intendedAudience general readers
policy professionals
students of national security
language English
mainSubject Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
United States Intelligence Community
surface form: United States intelligence community

counterterrorism
post-9/11 security policy
surveillance
war on terror
narrativeLocation United States of America
surface form: United States
nonfictionSubjectArea U.S. foreign policy
intelligence and espionage
national security
perspective first-person account
portrays U.S. intelligence community after September 11, 2001
provides defense of controversial intelligence programs
insider account of U.S. intelligence operations
timePeriodCovered Barack Obama presidency
surface form: Barack Obama administration

Bush administration
surface form: George W. Bush administration

post-9/11 era
title Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror self-link

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Subject: Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
Description of subject: "Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror" is a memoir by former CIA and NSA director Michael V. Hayden that offers an insider account of U.S. intelligence operations and challenges in the post-9/11 era.

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Michael V. Hayden notableWork Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
Michael Vincent Hayden notableWork Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror title Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror self-link