Intelligence : from secrets to policy /: from secrets to policy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark M. Lowenthal.
• Authors: Lowenthal, Mark M
• Contents: Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Preface; Acronyms; 1. What Is “Intelligence”?; Why Have Intelligence Agencies?; What Is Intelligence About?; Key Terms; Further Readings; 2. The Development of U.S. Intelligence; Major Themes; Major Historical Developments; Key Terms; Further Readings; 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; Key Terms; Further Readings; 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; Key Terms; Further Readings; 5. Collection and the Collection Disciplines; Overarching Themes; Strengths and Weaknesses; Conclusion; Key Terms; Further Readings; 6. Analysis; Major Themes; Analytical Issues; Intelligence Analysis: An Assessment; Key Terms; Further Readings; 7. Counterintelligence; Internal Safeguards; External Indicators and Counterespionage; Problems in Counterintelligence; Leaks; Economic Espionage; National Security Letters; Conclusion; Key Terms; Further Readings; 8. Covert Action; The Decision-Making Process; The Range of Covert Actions; Issues in Covert Action; Assessing Covert Action; Key Terms; Further Readings; 9. The Role of the Policy Maker; The U.S. National Security Policy Process; Who Wants What?; The Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence; Key Term; Further Readings; 10. Oversight and Accountability; Executive Oversight Issues; Congressional Oversight; Issues in Congressional Oversight; Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight; The Courts; Conclusion; Key Terms; Further Readings; 11. The Intelligence Agenda: Nation-States; The Primacy of the Soviet Issue; The Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities; The Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence; The “Comfort” of a Bilateral Relationship; Collapse of the Soviet Union; Intelligence and the Soviet Problem; The Current Nation-State Issue; Key Terms; Further Readings; 12. The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issues; U.S. National Security Policy and Intelligence After the Cold War; Intelligence and the New Priorities; Cyberspace; Terrorism; Proliferation; Narcotics; Economics; Demographics; Health and the Environment; Peacekeeping Operations; Support to the Military; Conclusion; Key Terms; Further Readings; 13. Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence; General Moral Questions; Issues Related to Collection and Covert Action; Analysis-Related Issues; Oversight-Related Issues; Whistle-Blowers; The Media; Conclusion; Further Readings; 14. Intelligence Reform; The Purpose of Reform; Issues in Intelligence Reform; Conclusion; Key Terms; Further Readings; 15. Foreign Intelligence Services; Britain; China; France; Israel; Russia; Other Services; Other Services in Brief; Conclusion; Further Readings; Appendix 1. Additional Bibliographic Citations and Websites; Appendix 2. Major Intelligence Reviews or Proposals; Author Index; Subject Index;
• Edition: Eighth edition
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (616 pages)
• Subjects: 327.1273; Intelligence service -- United States -- Planning; Intelligence service -- United States -- Forecasting
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544358376; 1544358377
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