Jeffrey Talbot Richelson (1949 - ) is an American author and academic researcher who studies the process of intelligence gathering and national security. He has authored ten books and many articles about intelligence, and has directed the publication of several of the National Security Archive's collections of source documents.

Richelson earned his PhD in political science from the University of Rochester

University of Rochester

The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...

 in 1975 and has taught at the University of Texas, Austin and American University

American University

American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

. Richelson is currently a senior fellow with the National Security Archive

National Security Archive

The National Security Archive is a 501 non-governmental, non-profit research and archival institution located in the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Founded in 1985 by Scott Armstrong, it archives and publishes declassified U.S. government files concerning selected topics of US...

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Books

• The Wizards of Langley: inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology. Westview Press. 2001. ISBN 08-1336-699-2
• A century of spies: intelligence in the twentieth century. Oxford University Press. 1995. ISBN 01-9507-391-6 paperback 01-9511-390-X
• Spying on the bomb: American nuclear intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea. Norton. 2006. ISBN 03-9305-383-0
• Foreign intelligence organizations. Ballinger Publishing Co. 1988. ISBN 0887301215
• America's space sentinels: DSP satellites and national security University of Kansas Press. 1999. ISBN 07-0060-942-3
• The U.S. intelligence community. Westview Press. 1995. ISBN 08-1332-376-2
• Jeffrey Richelson and Desmond Ball. The ties that bind: intelligence cooperation between the UKUSA countries Allen & Unwin. 1985. ISBN 00-4327-092-1
• America's secret eyes in space: the U.S. keyhole spy satellite program. Harper & Row. 1990. ISBN 08-8730-285-8
• Social choice theory and Soviet national security decisionmaking. Center for International and Strategic Affairs UCLA. 1982.
• United States strategic reconnaissance: photographic/imaging satellites. Center for International and Strategic Affairs UCLA. 1983.