Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is Emeritus Professor, History, University of Edinburgh and Honorary President of the Scottish Society for the Study of America. He has written several books and articles including We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America, In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence. His book The American Left: Its Impact on Politics and Society since 1900 won the Richard E. Neustadt Prize for the best book of 2013 on U.S. government, politics and political history.
The Redemption of British-American Special Intelligence Relationship
Trust and the Origins of the SIR Concept Cooperation has been a prominent feature of secret intelligence – it allows the pooling of efforts and resources. Here, trust is an…