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Current controversies
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-223) and index. |
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1. Has the U.S. espionage and intelligence-gathering system been successful? -- U.S. intelligence agencies failed to prevent the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks / The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States -- U.S. intelligence on Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction was dead wrong / The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction -- The U.S. intelligence community is bureaucratic, obsolete, and ill-equipped to counter twenty-first-century threats / Richard L. Russell -- U.S. intelligence agencies have had more successes than failures in countering terrorism / Richard K. Betts -- U.S. intelligence on Iraqi WMDs was based on the best information available / George Tenet -- Policy makers misused accurate intelligence to justify the Iraq War / Paul R. Pillar -- 2. Will post-9/11 reforms of the U.S. intelligence system be effective? -- U.S. intelligence reform : an overview / Gary Thomas -- Improved organization of U.S. intelligence agencies will insure good intelligence in the war on terror / George W. Bush -- The 2004 intelligence reform bill in an important first step in improving U.S. intelligence / Gregory F. Treverton, Peter A. Wilson -- The 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act has improved U.S. intelligence / John D. Negroponte -- Post-9/11 reforms of U.S. intelligence will not prevent another terrorist attack / Glenn Hastedt -- The intelligence reforms of 2004 will not fix problems identified in the Iraq intelligence failure / Charles N. Davis -- Numerous problems remain in the U.S. intelligence system despite reforms / Michael A. Gips -- |
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3. Do intelligence-gathering activities threaten civil or human rights? -- The National Security Agency domestic spying program does not violate Americans' civil rights / Mortimer B. Zuckerman -- Torture must be permitted in certain terrorism cases to save innocent lives / Charles Krauthammer -- The terrorist threat requires the United States to relax constraints on covert operations / Matthew S. Pape -- The National Security Agency domestic spying program violates Americans' civil rights / American Civil Liberties Union -- The Bush administration's use of torture and imprisonment without trial is unconstitutional / Thomas R. Eddlem -- America's use of torture in interrogations of suspected terrorists violates human rights / Lisa Hajjar -- Expanding unsupervised covert operations by the Pentagon could be dangerous / Jennifer D. Kibbe -- 4. What can be done to improve U.S. intelligence-gathering abilities? -- Recent reforms in U.S. intelligence will keep America secure / Peter Brookes -- A clear command structure is essential for responding to future terrorist threats / Ivo H. Daalder, Anthony Lake -- The United States must improve its ability to collect human intelligence / Michael Scheuer, interviewed by Foreign Policy -- New technologies and an effective knowledge management system will transform U.S. intelligence / David Rothkopf -- CIA hiring policies should be less cautious in order to attract good agents / Robert Elliot -- The U.S. intelligence community must be better insulated from political influence / Shaun Waterman -- It will take decades to rebuild the U.S. intelligence community / Patrick Radden Keefe -- Organizations to contact. |
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Access limited to licensed institutions. |
| Subject |
Espionage -- United States.
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Intelligence service -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Debra A.
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| ISBN |
9780737737196 (hardcover) |
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0737737190 (hardcover) |
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9780737737202 (pbk.) |
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0737737204 (pbk.) |
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