Zegart: “Spytainment” blurs the lines between Hollywood and Washington

Obama NCTC 2009 logo President Obama visits the National Counterterrorism Center, 2009.
CISAC affiliated faculty member and Foreign Policy blogger Amy Zegart explains how spy-themed entertainment has distorted perceptions about intelligence agencies. When government officials recruit Disney to help design the National Counterterrorism Center and a Supreme Court justice says the fictional 24 operative saved Los Angeles, these misperceptions influence intelligence policy in very real ways.