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Spy Author Payne Harrison has kindly submitted a brush pass review to the Spybrary Podcast.
‘As a former Army signal officer and a spy novelist myself (including the ‘crypto-thriller,’Black Cipher), I’ve always been rather frustrated that other thriller authors have largely avoided the signals intelligence tableau as raw material for their stories — even though the National Security Agency is by far the largest intelligence service, and SIGINT provides the greatest intel
harvest.
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Indeed, the key piece of intel that enabled the bin Laden raid to take place was a cell phone intercept. I suppose the main reason thriller writers avoid the subject is that the raw material can become very technical, very fast, and it requires a deft literary hand to synthesize and harness the techno data into a compelling story.
That said, three works have recently come to the fore in the SIGINT tableau that achieve the elusive goal of harnessing the technical aspects for a slick storyline.
Payne Harrison
Payne Harrison give you the low down on:
The Third Reich is Listening
The Good Listener – BBC Radio Drama available on Youtube.
Pine Gap – Available on Netflix
Check out Payne Harrison's novels
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