Intelligence: from secrets to policy
Разведка: от секретов к политике
2000-09-01
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Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Introduction - What Is Intelligence? Why Do We Have Intelligence Agencies? What Is Intelligence About? Chapter 2. The Development Of U.S. Intelligence Major Themes Major Historical Developments A Final Note Chapter 3. The U.S. Intelligence Community Alternative Ways of Looking at the Intelligence Community The Many Different Intelligence Communities Intelligence Community Relationships that Matter The Intelligence Budget Process Chapter 4. The Intelligence Process - A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom? Requirements Collection Processing and Exploitation Analysis and Production Dissemination and Consumption Feedback Thinking About the Intelligence Process Chapter 5. Collection And The Collection Disciplines Overarching Themes The Collection Disciplines: Strengths and Weaknesses Collection - Conclusion Chapter 6. Analysis Major Themes Analytical Issues Intelligence Analysis: An Assessment Chapter 7. Counter Intelligence Internal Safeguards External Indicators and Counterespionage Problems in Counter intelligence Chapter 8. Covert Action The Decision-making Process The Range of Covert Action Issues in Covert Action Assessing Covert Action Chapter 9. The Role Of The Policymaker The Nature of the National Security Policy Process in the U.S. Government Who Wants What? The Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence Chapter 10. Oversight And Accountability Executive Oversight Issues Congressional Oversight Issues in Congressional Oversight Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Conclusion Chapter 11. The Legacy Of The Cold War The Primacy of the Soviet Issue The Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities The Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence The Intelligence Record - Collapse of the Soviet Union Conclusion - Intelligence and the Soviet Problem Chapter 12. The New Intelligence Agenda U.S. National Security Policy after the Cold War Intelligence and the New Priorities Conclusion Chapter 13. Ethical And Moral Issues In Intelligence General Moral Questions Issues Related to Collection and Covert Action Analysis-related Issues The Media Conclusion Chapter 14. Intelligence Reform The Purpose of Reform Issues in Intelligence Reform Conclusion Chapter 15. Foreign Intelligence Services Britain China France Israel Russia Conclusion Appendix 1 Additional Bibliographic Citations and Websites Appendix 2 Major Intelligence Reviews of Proposals Author Index Subject Index
Key Findings
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It analyzes how intelligence interacts with policymaking, oversight, accountability, Cold War legacies, and emerging post-Cold War national-security priorities.
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It maps the U.S. intelligence community, including organizational relationships, intelligence budgeting, and alternative ways of conceptualizing the community.
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The intelligence process is examined as a cycle encompassing requirements, collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, consumption, and feedback.
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The paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of collection disciplines, intelligence analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action.
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The work provides a comprehensive framework for understanding intelligence, its purposes, and the role of intelligence agencies in national security.
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the U.S. intelligence system and its agencies, processes, and policy relationships
Research Subject
the organization, functioning, oversight, accountability, and policy role of intelligence from the Cold War legacy to the post-Cold War agenda
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