Top Secret America Analysis
Compare and contrast the Washington Post’s investigation of “Top Secret America” with our previous readings on the Intelligence Community. Do you feel “Top Secret America” accurately portrays the Intelligence community to the public? Do you have any concerns or disagreements with either the Post’s accounts or descriptions? Be sure your paper incorporates information and examples from the course readings.
After reading the Washington Post article I feel that the story has some merit but it is sensationalized. My first concern with the article is that it makes light of the work that is conducted by members of the Intelligence Community such as the following statement from the article.
“Analysts who make sense of documents and conversations obtained