{"product_id":"the-state-of-secrecy-spies-and-the-media-in-britain-paperback","title":"The State of Secrecy: Spies and the Media in Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Norton-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by a former senior Intelligence official as a 'long-term thorn in the side of the intelligence establishment', Richard Norton-Taylor reveals the secrets of his forty-year career as a journalist covering the world of spies and their masters in Whitehall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly in his career, Norton-Taylor successfully campaigned against official secrecy, gaining a reputation inside the Whitehall establishment and the outside world alike for his relentless determination to expose wrongdoing and incompetence. His special targets have always been the security and intelligence agencies and the Ministry of Defence, institutions that often hide behind the cloak of national security to protect themselves from embarrassment and accountability. Encouraged by his trusted contacts in intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments, Norton-Taylor was among the first of the few journalists to consistently attack the planned invasion of Iraq in 2003, and subsequently covered the devastating evidence of every witness in the Chilcot inquiry in \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e . With unique access to a wide array of defence sources, \u003ci\u003eThe State of Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative and rare insight into the disputes among top military commanders as they struggled to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with under-resourced and ill-equipped troops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of numerous awards for his journalism, Norton-Taylor is one of the most respected defence and security journalists of his generation. \u003ci\u003eThe State of Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating, critical and provocative account of the author's experiences investigating this secret world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Norton-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e writes for \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eon defence and security and the paper's Security Editor. He joined \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e in 1973 as the newspaper's first European correspondent based in Brussels and returned to Britain in 1975 to report on issues of intelligence and security. He won the Freedom of Information Campaign Award in 1986 and in 1994, and Liberty's Human Rights Award for journalism in 2010. He currently co-edits \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian Defence and Security\u003c\/i\u003e blog and is a regular broadcaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344363839795,"sku":"9781350381933","price":30.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/F_88FLKge_9781350381933.webp?v=1778725206","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-state-of-secrecy-spies-and-the-media-in-britain-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}