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Book Review: Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence
John ScarlettRUSI Journal, 17 October 2018
Intelligence, Law and Ethics
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Sir John Scarlett served as Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) from 2004 to 2009. Sir John joined SIS in 1971... read more
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