Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and Effectiveness
University of Texas Press | 2007-06-01 | ISBN: 0292716605 | 407 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB
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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