In an exclusive 90-minute interview, Stansfield Turner discussed the changing nature of spying with TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott.
Excerpts:
On the mission of U.S. intelligence. American intelligence today is moving away from the two focuses of intelligence for its first 20 or 25 years [after World War II]. The first focus was on covert action, and the second was a preoccupation with the Soviet Union, particularly the military aspects of the Soviet Union. Let me not leave any doubt. The Soviet military is the No. 1 intelligence issue and must remain so. But without neglecting the cardinal line of defense, we've got...
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