James Bamford

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James Bamford (2013)

James Bamford (born September 24, 1946 in Atlantic City , New Jersey ) is an American journalist for renowned newspapers such as The New York Times , The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times and the author of several bestsellers on the intelligence services of the United States Bamford produced ABC World News and was visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley for several years .

Life

Bamford attended Suffolk University after graduating from New Jersey High School and, after serving three years in the United States Navy , decided to study law in Boston . After graduating, inspired by the Watergate affair , he decided to work as a journalist . During his time-consuming work at various newspaper publishers, he wrote his first book: The Puzzle Palace , a documentary about the National Security Agency (NSA). As the very first book on the NSA, it was published at high risk in 1982 and was a huge hit. Today it is considered a classic .

For about ten years he was the producer of the evening news for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). When the news industry, in Bamford's perspective, moved further and further away from actual events in the late 1990s and increasingly reported on tabloid events such as the Lewinsky affair , Bamford left ABC to work on another book about the NSA. In April 2001 he published this work with the name "Body of Secrets" (German edition: "NSA - The Anatomy of the Most Powerful Secret Service in the World"). In contrast to his first work, the NSA cooperated with him this time. He was given access to the so-called " Crypto City " and was allowed to interview various former or active employees of the intelligence service. In 2004 Bamford published “A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies”. It deals with the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and shows the involvement of the secret services. Bamford was visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley .

Body of Secrets

James Bamford also published Operation Northwoods in the Body of Secrets , which was approved by the US government in 1997 and April 2001 . In it, the US General Staff listed possible measures for then US President John F. Kennedy to create a pretext for the invasion of Cuba , including terrorist attacks on US citizens. Kennedy rejected the plan. Bamford compared the plan to pretexts made by the US administration under George W. Bush for its 2003 Iraq war .

Awards

Publications

Books

  • NSA. America's most secret intelligence service ("The Puzzle Palace"). Orell Füssli, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-280-01670-3 .
  • NSA. The anatomy of the most powerful secret service in the world ("Body of Secrets"). 4th edition. Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-442-15151-6 .
  • A pretext for war. 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies. Anchor Books, New York 2004, ISBN 1-400-03034-X .
  • The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America. Doubleday, 2008. ISBN 0385521324 .

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  1. ↑ Jochen Bölsche (Der Spiegel, March 10, 2003): Dirty Tricks: When reasons for war are invented


personal data
SURNAME Bamford, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlantic City, New Jersey