首页
登录
职称英语
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who b
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who b
游客
2023-12-23
14
管理
问题
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the "great game" of espionage—spying as a "profession". These days the Net, which has already re-made pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan’s vocation as well.
The last revolution isn’t simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen’s e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The technical talents call it "open source intelligence", and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
Among the firms making the biggest splash in the new world is Straitford Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International. Many of its predictions are available online at www. straitford, com.
Straitford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymaster’s dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far comers of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. "As soon as that report nms, we’ll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine," says Friedman, a former political science professor. "And we’ll hear back from some of them." Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That’s where Straitford earns its keep.
Friedman relies on a lean staff in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm’s outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice. [br] It can be learned from paragraph 4 that ______.
选项
A、Straitford’s prediction about Ukraine has proved tree
B、Straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its information
C、Straitford’s business is characterized by unpredictability
D、Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3299828.html
相关试题推荐
ThepurposeoftheAmericancourtsystemistoprotecttherightsofthepeo
ThepurposeoftheAmericancourtsystemistoprotecttherightsofthepeo
ThepurposeoftheAmericancourtsystemistoprotecttherightsofthepeo
[originaltext]MostAmericanworkers,especiallythoseinprofessionaloccup
Wearenotwhowethinkweare.TheAmericanself-imageissuffusedwith
Wearenotwhowethinkweare.TheAmericanself-imageissuffusedwith
Wearenotwhowethinkweare.TheAmericanself-imageissuffusedwith
Wearenotwhowethinkweare.TheAmericanself-imageissuffusedwith
Americanshavefourprimaryavenuesformakingfriends:atwork,atschool,
Americanshavefourprimaryavenuesformakingfriends:atwork,atschool,
随机试题
下列有关船舶相关因素对航运成本的影响的说法中,正确的有( )。A.随着船龄的增
某公司开发一种新产品,假设新产品一旦开始投产,即使出现最差情况,也不会立即停止生
假设段页式存储管理系统中的地址结构如下图所示,则系统______。 A.最多可
公司发行的可转换公司债券,权益成分的初始确认金额应该计入:A、其他权益工具
建筑装饰用地面涂料宜选用()。A.醋酸乙烯-丙烯酸酯乳液涂料 B.聚醋酸乙烯
女性,24岁,反复发作心悸2年,动态心电图检查记录到阵发性室性心动过速,超声心动
右上肺中心型肺癌的典型X线表现为()A.两上肺锁骨下区的片状阴影 B
下边四个图形中,只有一个是由上边的四个图形拼合(只能通过上、下、左、右平移)而成
某住宅建筑高度为36m,防烟楼梯间前室独立设置,当前室采用自然通风时,前室可开启
某建设项目的建设期为2年,第一年贷款400万元,第二年没有增加新的贷款,贷款年利
最新回复
(
0
)