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

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

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President Obama visits the National Counterterrorism Center, 2009. | White House
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.