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Military and Civilian Perspectives on the Ethics of Intelligence by Jean Maria Arrigo	Integrity, Ethics, and the CIA by Kent Pekel
The US Spy Plane Incident - A Preliminary Examination of Key Legal Issues Randall Peerenboom	Ethics for spies: Berber talk considers the ‘moral corrosiveness’ of espionage by David Williard
Espionage: Why Does It Happen? by Lynn F. Fischer	"Repugnant Philosophy": Ethics, Espionage, and Covert Action by Dr. David L. Perry
Electronic Surveillance of Foreign Diplomatic Missions: A Question of Law and Morality by Andreas Persbo and Ian Davis	Intelligence and Ethics: The CIA's Covert Operations David Canon The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, (Spring 1980)
Bungee Jumping Off the Moral Highground: The Ethics of Espionage in the Modern Age by Major Tony Pfaff	Military Intelligence Support To Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies: Rethinking The Way Defense IntelligenceCombats Emerging Perils by LCDR Stephen M. Vetter April 1995
Impunity of Agents in International Law Studies in Intelligence, CIA website	Making Intelligence Accountable: Legal Standards and Best Practice for Oversight of Intelligence Agencies Hans Born and Ian Leigh
A matter of ethics for cloak-and-dagger set Abraham McLaughlin, Christian Science Monitor 10/5/2001	Why Spy? The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence Stanley Kober, Cato Institute 12/12/1996
From Russia With Love Online discussion with David Vise, author of The Bureau and the Mole. Washington Post Magazine, Friday, Jan. 11, 2002; 1 p.m. EST	Should the CIA Spy for American Companies? by David L. Perry
The Essential CIA by Ernest W. Lefever	Modern Intelligence Services: Have They a Place in Ethical Foreign Policies? by Michael Herman September 1999
Dissolve the CIA The Ethical Spectacle, May 1995	The Ethics of Spying James A. Stroble Draft: Not for Attribution
An Ethics For The New Surveillance by Gary T. Marx The Information Society, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1998	Integrity and Ethics in Formulating and Interpreting Intelligence Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.) CounterPunch, June 18, 2003
Who is spying on whom? Dr. Gerhard Schmid, MEP	Speak No Evil: Intelligence Ethics in Israel Shlomo Shpiro