DAVID STONE is the author of the New York Times Bestselling thriller novel The Echelon Vendetta and
The Orpheus Deception; now available in Paperback. David Stone writes for readers who enjoy thrillers in the espionage mystery genre.
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Spycraft Conversation with David Stone
Your Bio says you did Intelligence work. Can you define 'Intelligence'?
David Stone: I'll try. There are many kinds of 'intelligence'. SigInt is Signals Intelligence – monitoring enemy communications. Then there's Elint – the kind of stuff the National Security Agency is doing right now.
You mean Electronic Surveillance, that sort of thing? How 'James Bond' has that technology become?
David Stone: A better analogy would be 'Orwellian'.
As you wish … for example, we're having a phone conversation right now; what's the likelihood that 'they' are listening to us right now, having this conversation?
David Stone: That would depend on what we've been talking about ... read the full conversation here