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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... Terrorism's Threat to New Democracies : The Case of Russia 269 MIKHAIL TSYPKIN 12. Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence Reform : The Philippines 301 DOUGLAS J. MACDONALD CONCLUSION 331 Best Practices : Balancing Democracy and ...
... Terrorist threats are of this kind, and the ties are such that one could not categorize the threat as either internal or external. On other occasions, authorities exagger- ate the external menace in order to crack down on internal ...
... terrorist attacks of 9/11 by reducing the extent to which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the CIA could share information. This correlation is debatable, but even if the critics are correct in this case, I do not think we ...
... terrorism and predict where terrorist attacks will occur . Although terrorism is an old phenomenon , it has not been subject to careful and dispassionate scholarly study . Governments have tried to keep track of particular terrorist ...
... terrorist tactics against civilians in Nicaragua. Even if intelligence services had a deep understanding of terrorism, this would not be sufficient to anticipate attacks and disrupt danger- ous networks. This sort of information is ...
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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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