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Revealing secrets : an unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber / John Blaxland & Clare Birgin.

Revealing secrets : an unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber / John Blaxland & Clare Birgin.
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ISBN 9781742237947 (paperback)
1742237940
Author Blaxland, J. C. (John Charles), 1963- (author)
Title Revealing secrets : an unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence & the advent of cyber / John Blaxland & Clare Birgin.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2023.
Description 451 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary For a long time, the Australian Signals intelligence (or Sigint) story has been kept secret. Until now. Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? What does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with key partners, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, to this arrangement? Revealing Secrets is a compelling account of Australian Signals intelligence, its efforts at revealing the secrets of other nations, and keeping ours safe. It brings to light those clever Australians whose efforts were for so long entirely unknown or overlooked. Blaxland and Birgin traverse the royal commissions and reviews that shaped Australia's intelligence community in the 20th century and consider the advent and the impact of cyber. In unearthing this integral, if hidden and little understood, part of Australian statecraft, this book increases our understanding of the past, present and what lies ahead.
Subjects Australian Signals Directorate
Electronic surveillance -- Australia
Information technology -- Political aspects -- Australia
Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Birgin, Clare (author)
Call number 2023.114
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