Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and EffectivenessThomas C. Bruneau, Steven C. Boraz University of Texas Press, 20 apr. 2009 - 407 sidor These days, it's rare to pick up a newspaper and not see a story related to intelligence. From the investigations of the 9/11 commission, to accusations of illegal wiretapping, to debates on whether it's acceptable to torture prisoners for information, intelligence—both accurate and not—is driving domestic and foreign policy. And yet, in part because of its inherently secretive nature, intelligence has received very little scholarly study. Into this void comes Reforming Intelligence, a timely collection of case studies written by intelligence experts, and sponsored by the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) at the Naval Postgraduate School, that collectively outline the best practices for intelligence services in the United States and other democratic states. Reforming Intelligence suggests that intelligence is best conceptualized as a subfield of civil-military relations, and is best compared through institutions. The authors examine intelligence practices in the United States, United Kingdom, and France, as well as such developing democracies as Brazil, Taiwan, Argentina, and Russia. While there is much more data related to established democracies, there are lessons to be learned from states that have created (or re-created) intelligence institutions in the contemporary political climate. In the end, reading about the successes of Brazil and Taiwan, the failures of Argentina and Russia, and the ongoing reforms in the United States yields a handful of hard truths. In the murky world of intelligence, that's an unqualified achievement. |
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... analysis more difficult . Politics can complicate intelligence in less obvi- ous ways as well . Those with oversight responsibility may choose to reveal secrets to advance their substantive agendas or political careers . Thus in the ...
... analysis, and1 even less comparative analysis, on the Clearly, the problem in studying the IC is due to the essential, fun- damental requirement for secrecy. After all, what intelligence person- nel do can be effective only if they do ...
... analysis, we are convinced that institutions re- main the core foundations of power in the state and thus provide us a sound basis for analysis. It is through understanding of these in- stitutions that we gain perspective on state ...
... analysis can be performed. If IC budgets do become available in the public domain, it may be possible to assess efficiency as well (though, so far, when budgets do become public, they typically do not provide enough data for such analysis) ...
... analysis with the components of the IC , and their interrelationships , will allow us to incorporate the first and second meanings of intelligence de- scribed above . With respect to the mission of intelligence , we assert that intelli ...
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Democratic Control of Intelligence in New Democracies | 147 |
Best Practices Balancing Democracy and Effectiveness Steven C Boraz and Thomas C Bruneau | 331 |
Selected Bibliography | 345 |
About the Contributors | 357 |
Index | 363 |
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