THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's
Background Briefing Program:
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Sunday, July 4, 9.10am
Repeated Tuesday, July 6, 7.10pm
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SPOOKING THE SPIES
Produced by Chris Bullock
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ON-AIR PROMO:
It used to be easy - find the Red under the bed. Now the enemy can be an
unpredictable dictator, or a terrorist with some plutonium, or gangs of
crazed thugs killing in the name of god.
Satellites scan the earth, like huge orbiting eyes. And mobile phones,
videos, laptops and the world wide web never cease.
What's spooking the spies is how to turn all that information into
'Intelligence".
Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9.
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PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT:
At the end of the 20th Century the spies have come in from the Cold War.
The enemy has changed =85 and the once exclusive domain of the intelligence
agent is now a space occupied by any number of academics, analysts and
other desk jockeys, the information hunter-gatherers of the world wide web.
The war behind every war is the information war, and the business of
gathering and keeping secrets is getting harder and harder under a deluge
of publicly available information.
This changing landscape makes it increasingly difficult for the aid
organisations you'll find at wars and natural disasters. When they are no
longer perceived as neutral humanitarians, their work may be compromised
and their lives placed in danger.
They all have their hands full, this week on Background Briefing.
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LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing
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THE STARVATION OF SUSTENANCE
Produced by Paul Barclay
BB 27/06/99
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The introduction of live streaming audio of Background Briefing programs is
scheduled to premiere on July 18.
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