TSCM - Recommended Books, Publications, and Journals

Recommended Books, Publications, and Journals

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Recommended TSCM Books
(The first 15 books are critical for a basic understanding of TSCM)

Charles L. Taylor/Richard J. Udovich/Terry R. Cross, Telephone Eavesdropping and Detection - Edition 1 Volume I , Richard J. Udovich, (979) 245-8545, 1990, ISBN 0-9625466-0-7.

Larsen, Tom, Bench-Tested Circuits for Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance Technicians, Paladin Press, January 1997, ISBN: 0873649176

Larsen, Tom, Layman's Guide to Electronic Eavesdropping: How It's Done and Simple Ways to Prevent It, Paladin Press, January 1996, ISBN: 087364879X

Glas, Angus, How to Build a Bugproof Room, Paladin Press, January 1990, ISBN: 0873645812

Whidden, Glenn H., The Ear: Volume I, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The Ear: Volume II, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The Ear: Volume III, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The Axnan Attack, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., A Guidebook for the Beginning Sweeper, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The TSCM Threat Book: Volume I, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The TSCM Threat Book: Volume II, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Whidden, Glenn H., The Russian Eavesdropping Threat - Late 1993, Technical Services Agency (301) 292-6430.

Lapin, Lee, Hands-On Countermeasures, Intelligence Inc. (2228 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403), 1993, ISBN 1-880231-15-8.

Heims, Peter, Countering Industrial Espionage, 20th Century Education, 1982

Swift, Theodore N., Wiretap Detection Techniques - A Guide To Checking Telephone Lines, Thomas Investigative Publications, (512) 420-9292, 1997.

Wingfield, John, Bugging - A Complete Survey of Electronic Surveillance Today, R. Hale, 1984

Recommended Books on Technical Surveillance

Lapin, Lee, How to Get Anything on Anybody, Auburn Wolfe Publishing, 1983

Lapin, Lee, How to Get Anything on Anybody - The Encyclopedia of Personal Surveillance, Book II, ISBN: 188023100X, I S E C O, Incorporated, July 1992

Lapin, Lee, The Whole Spy Catalog, Intelligence Inc., 1995, ISBN 1-880231-10-7

Moran, William B., Covert Surveillance and Electronic Devices, Loompanics Unlimited, December 1983, ISBN: 0915179202

Paul Brookes, Electronic Surveillance Devices, May 1996, ISBN: 0750625821

Lapin, Lee, Hands-on Electronic Surveillance, Intelligence Inc., 1992

French, Scott, Big Brother Game, Lyle Stuart, 1975, ISBN 0-8184-0240-7 (hardcover), ISBN 0-8184-0241-5 (paperback).

Moran, William B., Covert Surveillance and Electronic Penetration, Loompanics, 1983.

Turner, William W., How to Avoid Electronic Eavesdropping and Privacy Invasion, Paladin Press, 1983.

Arrington, Winston, Now Hear This! Electronic Eavesdropping Equipment Design, Sheffield Electronics (773) 324-2196, 1997.

Dash D./Schwartz, R.F./Knowlton R.E., The Eavesdroppers, Rutgers University Press, 1959

Patricia Holt, The Bug in the Martini Olive and other true cases from the files of Hal Lipset Private Eye, 311 pp, ISBN 0-316-37161-0, Little-Brown

Harrison, John M., CIA Flaps and Seals Manual, Paladin Press,1975

John Dale Hartman, Legal Guidelines for Covert Surveillance, October 1993

Pollock, David A., Methods of Electronic Audio Surveillance, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1973

Campbell, Duncan, Big Brother is Listening: Phonetappers & State Security, unk, 1981

Cook, Earleen H., Electronic Eavesdropping, Vance Bib., 1983

Long, Edward V., The Intruders: The Invasion of Privacy by Government and Industry, Praeger,1967

Schwartz, Herman, Taps, Bugs and Fooling the People, The Field Foundation, 1977

Barefoot, J. Kirk, Undercover Investigation, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1975

Cunningham, John E., Security Electronics, Sams,1970

Alan LeMond and Ron Fry, No Place to Hide - A Guide to Bugs, Wire Taps, Surveillance and Other Privacy Invasions, Hardcover, 278 pp, St. Martins Press, 1975

Spindel, Bernard B., The Ominous Ear, Award House, 1968

Callahan, Gerard Michael, Cheesebox, Prentice-Hall, 1974, ISBN 0-13-128397-9

Carroll, John Millar, The Third Listener: Personal Electronic Espionage, Dutton,1969

Mentor Publishing, Electronics Spying, Mentor Publishing, 1976

Marotta, Michael E., Code Book, Loompanics, 1975.

Fitzgerald, Patrick, Stranger on the Line: The Secret History of Phone Tapping, The Bodley Head-London, 1987.

Brown, R.M., Electronic Evasion, John F. Rider Publishing, 1967.

Greene, R.M., Business Intelligence and Espionage, Dow-Irwin, 1966.

Siljander, Raymond P., Applied Surveillance Photography, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1975.

Siljander, Raymond P., Fundamentals of Physical Surveillance, Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1977, ISBN 0-398-03660-8.

Robert M. Brown, Electronic Invasion, J.F. Rider, 1967.

Dash, Samual, Eavesdroppers, Da Capo Press, 1971.

Acoustics and Microphone Books
(The first 5 books are critical for a basic understanding of TSCM)

Alec Nisbett, The Use of Microphones, February 1994, 0240513657

John Borwick, Microphones - Technology and Technique, March 1991, ISBN: 0240512790

Michael Gayford, Microphone Engineering Handbook, July 1994, ISBN: 0750611995

George S. Wong,Tony F. W. Embleton, AIP Handbook of Condenser Microphones: Theory, Calibration and Measurements, Springer-Verlag New York, January 1995.

William J. Cavanaugh, Architectural Acoustics: Principles and Practice, Hardcover, 300pp., ISBN: 0471306827, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated, June 1998.

Olson, H.F., Acoustical Engineering, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1957.

Randall, R.H., Introduction to Acoustics, Addison-Wesley Press, 1951.

Neil Fraser, Lighting and Sound, Vol. 3, Hardcover, 130pp., ISBN: 0028713443, Macmillan Library Reference, April 1991, 1st American ed.

Harry F. Olson, Music Physics and Engineering, Paperback, 460pp., Dover Publishing, ISBN: 0486217698, New York NY, November 1987

John M. Eargle, Music Sound and Technology, Hardcover, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0442020368, John Wiley and Sons, December 1995.

John S. Rigden, Physics and the Sound of Music, Hardcover, 2nd ed., 353pp., ISBN: 0471874124, John Wiley ans Sons, January 1985, 2nd ed.

K.B. Ginn, Architectural Acoustics, Bruel and Kjaer Company, Gaithersburg MD, 1978.

Glen Ballou, Handbook for Sound Engineers - The New Audio Cyclopedia, Howard W Sams Publishing, Indianapolis, IN.

K. Blair Benson, Audio Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill Inc, New York NY, 1988.

Shure Brothers, Guide to Better Audio and Miking.

David M Huber, The Microphone Manual - Design and Application, Howard W Sams Publishing, Indianapolis IN.

Audio Technica, Mike Guide, Audio Technica US Inc, Stow OH.

Carleen Maley Hutchins, The Physics of Music, WH Freeman and Company, New York NY, 1978.

Vega, Wireless Mike Application Techniques, Vega Inc, El Monte CA.

Communications Theory Books
(The first 5 books are critical for a basic understanding of TSCM)

George S. Kennedy, Electronic Communication Systems, Hardcover, 4th ed., 763pp., ISBN: 0028005929, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, February 1992

Wayne Tomasi, Electronic Communications Systems: Fundamentals through Advanced, Hardcover, 3rd ed., ISBN: 0137514395, Prentice Hall, August 1997

Robert L. Shrader, Electronic Communications, Hardcover, 6th ed, 713pp, ISBN: 0070571570, McGraw-Hill Companies, January 1991

William L. Schweber, Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete Course, Hardcover, 3rd ed., 800pp., ISBN: 0137800169, Prentice Hall, June 1998

Mervyn Mitchard, Electronic Communication Technologies: Techniques and Technologies for the 21st Century, Hardcover, 500pp, ISBN: 1574910698, Interpharm Press, April 1998

Ralph S. Carson, Radio Communications Concepts: Analog, Hardcover, 470pp, ISBN: 0471621692, John Wiley and Sons, November 1990

Joseph J. Carr, Microwave and Wireless Communications Technology, Paperback, 435pp, ISBN: 0750697075, October 1996

Joseph J. Carr, Elements of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement, Hardcover, 3rd ed., 594pp, ISBN: 0133416860, Prentice Hall, December 1995

Joseph J. Carr, Designer's Handbook of Instrumentation and Control Circuits, Hardcover, 626pp, ISBN: 0121606406, Academic Press, April 1991

Joseph J. Carr, Practical Antenna Handbook, Hardcover, 2nd ed., 560pp, ISBN: 0070111049, McGraw-Hill Companies, March 1994

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Transmission Systems for Communications, Bell Laboratories, 1954

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Engineering and Operations in the Bell Systems, Bell Laboratories, 1977, ISBN 0-932764-04-5

Spread Spectrum Books

Robert C. Dixon, Spread Spectrum Systems: With Commercial Applications, Hardcover, 3rd ed., 573pp, ISBN: 0471593427, John Wiley and Sons, January 1994

Marvin Kenneth Simon/Robert A. Scholtz, Spread Spectrum Communications Handbook Spread Spectrum Communications Handbook, Hardcover, 1st ed., 1228pp, ISBN: 0070576297, McGraw-Hill Companies, March 1994

Savo Glisic/Branka Vucetic, Spread Spectrum CDMA Systems for Wireless Communications, Hardcover, 442pp, ISBN: 0890068585, Artech House, March 1997

David L. Nicholson/Sandy Kahl, Spread Spectrum Signal Design: LPE and AJ Systems, Hardcover, 291pp, ISBN: 0716781506, W. H. Freeman Company, January 1988

Books on Basic Electronics (relative to TSCM)
(The first 4 books are critical for a basic understanding of TSCM)

Bernard Grob, Basic Electronics, Hardcover, 8th ed., ISBN: 002802253X, Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated, December 1996

Malvino, Albert Paul, Electronic Principles, Hardcover, 5th ed., ISBN: 0028008456, Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated, January 1994

Howard Sams, Handbook of Electronics Tables and Formulas, Paperback, 6th ed., 265pp., ISBN: 0138895937, Prentice Hall, May 1997.

Arthur A. Seidman, International Encyclopedia of Integrated Circuits, Hardcover, 1063pp., ISBN: 0830631003 McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, January 1989.

Ralph Judson Smith/Richard C. Dorf, Circuits, Devices, and Systems: A First Course in Electrical Engineering, Hardcover, 5th ed., 880pp, ISBN: 0471839442, John Wiley and Sons, January 1992, 5th ed.

Intelligence Books

James Bamford, The Puzzle Palace, Penguin Group, 1982, ISBN 0-14-00-6748-5

William E. Burrows, Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security, Random House, 1986, ISBN 0-425-10879-1

Jeffrey T. Richelson, America's Secret Eyes in Space: The U.S. Spy Satellite Program, Harper & Row, 1990

Herbert O. Yardley, The American Black Chamber, 375pp. Illus, Faber and Faber Limited, 1931.

Herbert O. Yardley, American Black Chamber, Paperback, 375pp, ISBN: 0894121545, Aegean Par, June 1996

Herbert O. Yardley, American Black Chamber, Hardcover, ISBN: 0848812301, Amereon, Limited, December 1989.

Herbert O. Yardley, The Chinese Black Chamber - An Adventure in Espionage, 225 pgs, Photos, Houghton Mifflin, 1983

Herbert O. Yardley, Yardleygrams

Herbert O. Yardley, The Blonde Countess

Herbert O. Yardley, Red Sun of Nippon

Herbert O. Yardley, Crows Are Black Everywhere

Herbert O. Yardley, The Education of a Poker Player - Where and How One Learns to Win, 129 pp, 1957.

Herbert O. Yardley, Win - For anyone who likes to walk away from an all-night session a winner, 129 pp.

Allan Dulles, The Craft of Intelligence, Harper and Row, 1963, 63-16507

Allan Dulles, Germany's Underground

Allan Dulles, Can America Stay Neutral

Abram N. Shulsky, Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence , Brassey's, 1993, ISBN 0-02-881025-2

Frank McGuire, Security Intelligence Sourcebook, 1990

Lauren Paine, The Technology of Espionage

Nigel West, The Games of Intelligence, Coronet, 1989

Jeffery T. Richelson, The U.S. Intelligence Community, Ballinger, 1988

Walter Laqueur, A World of Secrets, Basic Books, 1985

Richelson & Ball, The Ties that Bind, 1990

William R. Johnson, Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad: How to be a Counterintelligence Officer, Stone Trail Press, 1987

Books on Strategy (The Mind of a Spook)

Sun-Tzu/Thomas Cleary (Translator), The Art of War, Paperback, 2nd ed., 120pp. ISBN: 0877735379 Shambhala Publications, January 1991

Sun-Tzu/Thomas Cleary (Translator), The Art of War, Audio Tape, ISBN: 0877735158 Random House, July 1989

Sun-Tzu/Stephen F. Kaufman, The Art of War: The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of Strategy, Paperback, ISBN: 0804830800, Charles E. Tuttle Co., April 1996

Niccolo Machiavelli/Quentin Skinner (Editor)/Russell Price (Editor), Machiavelli: The Prince, Paperback, 152pp., ISBN: 0521349931, Cambridge University Press, January 1988

Richard Marcinko, The Rogue Warrior's Strategy for Success: A Commando's Principles of Winning , Hardcover, 208pp. ISBN: 0671009931, Pocket Books Pub., May 1997

Government TSCM Publications

U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, Technical Surveillance Countermeasures - Directive 1/22, U.S. DCI, 7-3-85

U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, Director of Central Intelligence Directive Procedural Guide No. 1 - Requirements for Reporting and Testing Technical Surveillance Penetrations, U.S. DCI, August 1984

U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, Director of Central Intelligence Directive Procedural Guide No. 2 - Requirements for Reporting and Testing Hazards, U.S. DCI, August 1984

U.S. Director of Central Intelligence, Director of Central Intelligence Directive Procedural Guide No. 3 - Guidance for Conducting Audio Countermeasures Surveys, U.S. DCI, August 1984

Office of the President of the United States, U.S. Intelligence Activities (with attachments), U.S., 12-4-81

U.S. Department of Defense, DoD Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Survey Program - DODI 5240.5, U.S.DoD, May 23, 1984

U.S. Department of Defense, Communications Security Telephone Monitoring and Recording - DODI 4640.6, U.S.DoD

U.S. Department of Defense, Agreement Between the United States Secret Service and the Department of Defense Concerning Protection of the President and Other Officials - DODI 5030.34, U.S.DoD, September 17, 1986

U.S. Army, AR 381-14 - Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM), U.S. Army, 26 November 1976

U.S. Army, AR 381-14 - Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM), U.S. Army, 3 October 1986

U.S. Army, AR 190-53 - Interception of Wire and Oral Communications for Law Enforcement Purposes, U.S. Army, 1 November 1978

U.S. Army, AR 380-53 - Communications Security Monitoring, U.S. Army, 15 November 1984

U.S. SECNAVINST Secretary of the Navy, SECNAVINST 5500.31A - Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) Program, U.S. Navy

U.S. OPNAVINST Chief of Naval Operations, OPNAVINST C5510.93D - Navy Implementation of national policy on control of compromising emanations, U.S. Navy

U.S. OPNAVINST Chief of Naval Operations, OPNAVINST C5510.93E - Navy Implementation of National Policy on Control of Compromising Emanations, U.S. Navy

U.S. OPNAVINST Chief of Naval Operations, OPNAVINST 5510.143A - Signal Security (SIGSEC), U.S. Navy

U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Program - Order DOE 5636.3A, U.S. DOE, 2-3-88

U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Program - Order DOE 5639.5, U.S. DOE, 8-3-92

U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Report Writing Guide, U.S. DOE, September 1991

U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Procedural Guide, U.S. DOE, April 1988

U.S. Department of Energy, DOE Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Operations Manual, U.S. DOE, April 1988

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Title 47 - Federal Communications Commission (all titles), U.S. NARA, Published Monthly by GSA Printing Office.

TSCM Related Periodicals and Magazines

Popular Communications

Monitoring Times

Satellite Times

QST Magazine

73 Amateur Radio Today Magazine

CQ Magazine

Scientific American

Radio World International

TV Technology

Top Ten "Current Affairs" Magazines

U.S. News & World Report

Harvard Business Review

The Wall Street Journal

Books on Forensic Analysis Related to TSCM

Here are a few books related to forensic services, scientific analysis of evidence, intelligence analysis, psychological science, and related areas of technical expertise.

Forensic and Scientific Analysis

Expert Witnesses Explaining and Understanding Science

First Unit Responder; A Guide to Physical Evidence Collection for Patrol Officers

Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime and Money Laundering; A Handbook for Law Enforcement Officers, Auditors, and Financial Investigators

Tactics and Mindsets: A Source Book on Asian Crime and Culture

Investigating Computer Crime

Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation

Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents

Practical Investigation Techniques

Practical Aspects of Forensic Photography

Practical Aspects of Gambling Investigation Techniques

Guide to Forensic Pathology