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Book Review: Schooling the Author of “Spy Schools”

In our continuing drive to spur healthy debate in the national security space, The Cipher Brief is running TCB expert John Sipher’s book review in riposte to our podcast with author Daniel Golden. We also invite you to join in the conversation, posting your point of view for submission at our new link at the bottom of this article, POV.

Reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election has uncovered significant abuse of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The Russians even pushed divisive information through “Pokemon Go”. Pulitzer Prize winning author Daniel Golden’s new book “Spy Schools” argues that foreign and domestic intelligence agencies are also exploiting the U.S. higher education system. He claims that U.S. universities are the “front line for espionage.” Is nowhere safe?

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