Contents
Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence
We Have Been Here Before: Joseph Becker’s Computer and the AI Question by Kenneth Malphurs
The Quiet Cognitive Coup of Generative AI: Rewriting the Rules by Debora Pfaff, PhD
Historical Perspectives
Three Pillars of Identity Intelligence: A Brief History by Lara Ballard
The Enigma of Ernst Rudolf Fischer: Nazi Germany’s Oil Expert by Anand Toprani, PhD
Intelligence in Public Media
The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA
Reviewed by Michael J. Ard, PhD
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life [Video interview of David Cornwell, pen name John le Carre) Reviewed by Resolute Lee
The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved MI5 and Changed the Cold War
Reviewed by Mel Miller
The Secret History of UK Security Vetting from 1909 to the Present
Reviewed by Katherina Gonzales
The Cambridge Spy Ring: The Treachery of the Five Who Got Away
Reviewed by Ian B. Ericson
The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy
Reviewed by John Ehrman
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Contributors
Article Contributors
Lara Ballard served as the privacy and intelligence oversight officer for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security. She was an attorney advisor with the Office of the Legal Advisor and special adviser for privacy and technology at the Department of State.
Kenneth Malphurs is a member of CIA’s Senior Analytic Service.
Debora Pfaff, PhD, is an associate professor of research at the Ann Caracristi Institute, National Intelligence University.
Anand Toprani, PhD, is professor of strategy and policy at the US Naval War College. He is the author of Oil and the Great Powers (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Reviewers
Michael J. Ard is a retired CIA officer.
John Ehrman is a retired CIA officer and a frequent contributor of reviews of intelligence literature, both fiction and non-fiction.
Ian B. Erickson is the pen name of a CIA officer.
Katherina Gonzales is a retired CIA officer who also served at NSA and FBI.
Resolute Lee is the pen name of an ODNI officer.
Mel Miller is a Russian linguist and regular contributor to Studies in Intelligence.