The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization by Bamford, James. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780140067484.

In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of Americas largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long eluded public scrutiny, but The Puzzle Palace penetrates its vast network of power and unmasks the people who control it, often with shocking disregard for the law. With detailed information on the NSAs secret role in the Korean Airlines disaster, Iran-Contra, the first Gulf War, and other major world events of the 80s and 90s, this is a brilliant account of the use and abuse of technological espionage.