- Additional Authors
- Miller, Debra A.
- Description
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Series Statement
- Current controversies
- Uniform Title
- Espionage and intelligence (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-223) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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 --
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2007931891
- OCLC
- ssj0000919447
- Title
Espionage and intelligence [electronic resource] / Debra A. Miller, book editor.
- Imprint
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2007.
- Series
Current controversies
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-223) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Miller, Debra A.