Reforming Intelligence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Intelligence write by Thomas C. Bruneau. This book was released on 2009-04-20. Reforming Intelligence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
From Mandate to Blueprint
From Mandate to Blueprint - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Mandate to Blueprint write by Thomas Fingar. This book was released on 2021-03-16. From Mandate to Blueprint available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration. Synthesizing his own experience implementing the most comprehensive reforms to the national security establishment since 1947, Fingar provides crucial guidance to newly appointed officials. When Fingar was appointed the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis in 2005, he discovered the challenges of establishing a new federal agency and implementing sweeping reforms of intelligence procedure and performance. The mandate required prompt action but provided no guidance on how to achieve required and desirable changes. Fingar describes how he defined and prioritized the tasks involved in building and staffing a new organization, integrating and improving the work of sixteen agencies, and contending with pressure from powerful players. For appointees without the luxury of taking command of fully staffed and well-functioning federal agencies, From Mandate to Blueprint is an informed and practical guide for the challenges ahead.
Reforming Intelligence: Selling Change
Reforming Intelligence: Selling Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Intelligence: Selling Change write by . This book was released on 2002. Reforming Intelligence: Selling Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Intelligence Community (IC) is composed of 13 intelligence agencies, including those in the Department of Defense, Justice, Treasury, Energy, State and the Central Intelligence Agency. 1 The IC provides foreign intelligence information and specialized support to U.S. policy makers. In May 2001, President George W. Bush established a commission, led by Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, United States Air Force retired, to study the IC and make recommendations to reorganize and enhanced the performance of the community. The commission's study presumably will focus on the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the national intelligence agencies (NSA, NRO and NIMA) that are a part of the Defense Department. The IC, whose foundation was established in 1947, is a creature of crises. It was developed out of the ashes of crises, namely World War II, and continues to be defined by crises. As a result, there have been many attempts to reform the intelligence community, the role of the DCI, and the role of the Defense Department. For the most part, these attempts have failed, or the reforms were narrowed in scope from what was originally intended. One exception to this was the increased Congressional oversight of the entire intelligence community and the establishment of committees in both the Senate and House to monitor the intelligence community.
Intelligence Reform
Intelligence Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intelligence Reform write by . This book was released on . Intelligence Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Uncertain Shield
Uncertain Shield - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uncertain Shield write by Richard A. Posner. This book was released on 2006. Uncertain Shield available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new book from Richard Posner brings the story up to date. He argues that the emerging structure of that reformed intelligence system-heavily influenced by the report of another commission on the intelligence failure related to Saddam Hussein's abandonment of weapons of mass destruction-is excessively centralized and will not be effective. Posner brings light to the issues at hand and offers solutions.
