Intelligence : from secrets to policy / Mark M. Lowenthal.
2017
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Author
Title
Intelligence : from secrets to policy / Mark M. Lowenthal.
Published
Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE, Publications, Inc., [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
JK468.I6 L65 2017
Edition
Seventh edition.
ISBN
1506342566 (paperback)
9781506342566 (paperback)
9781506342566 (paperback)
Description
xxiii, 593 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)952943104
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
xi
Preface
xiii
Acronyms
xvii
ch. 1
What Is "Intelligence"?
1
Why Have Intelligence Agencies?
2
What Is Intelligence About?
6
Key Terms
11
Further Readings
11
ch. 2
Development of U.S. Intelligence
13
Major Themes
14
Major Historical Developments
23
Key Terms
37
Further Readings
37
ch. 3
U.S. Intelligence Community
39
Alternative Ways of Looking at the Intelligence Community
44
Many Different Intelligence Communities
46
Intelligence Community Relationships That Matter
51
Intelligence Budget Process
65
Key Terms
70
Further Readings
70
ch. 4
Intelligence Process---A Macro Look: Who Does What for Whom?
73
Requirements
75
Collection
80
Processing and Exploitation
81
Analysis and Production
82
Dissemination and Consumption
84
Feedback
86
Thinking About the Intelligence Process
86
Key Terms
89
Further Readings
89
ch. 5
Collection and the Collection Disciplines
91
Overarching Themes
92
Strengths and Weaknesses
111
Conclusion
154
Key Terms
157
Further Readings
158
ch. 6
Analysis
163
Major Themes
164
Analytical Issues
184
Intelligence Analysis: An Assessment
213
Key Terms
217
Further Readings
217
ch. 7
Counterintelligence
221
Internal Safeguards
223
External Indicators and Counterespionage
232
Problems in Counterintelligence
233
Leaks
238
Economic Espionage
244
National Security Letters
244
Conclusion
245
Key Terms
246
Further Readings
247
ch. 8
Covert Action
249
Decision-Making Process
250
Range of Covert Actions
256
Issues in Covert Action
261
Assessing Covert Action
272
Key Terms
273
Further Readings
273
ch. 9
Role of the Policy Maker
277
U.S. National Security Policy Process
277
Who Wants What?
282
Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence
287
Key Term
301
Further Readings
301
ch. 10
Oversight and Accountability
303
Executive Oversight Issues
304
Congressional Oversight
311
Issues in Congressional Oversight
324
Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight
335
Courts
344
Conclusion
347
Key Terms
348
Further Readings
348
ch. 11
Intelligence Agenda: Nation-States
351
Primacy of the Soviet Issue
352
Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities
355
Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence
359
"Comfort" of a Bilateral Relationship
360
Collapse of the Soviet Union
361
Intelligence and the Soviet Problem
363
Current Nation-State Issue
365
Key Terms
376
Further Readings
377
ch. 12
Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issues
379
U.S. National Security Policy and Intelligence After the Cold War
379
Intelligence and the New Priorities
382
Cyberspace
383
Terrorism
395
Proliferation
409
Narcotics
417
Economics
419
Demographics
423
Health and the Environment
425
Peacekeeping Operations
427
Support to the Military
428
Conclusion
430
Key Terms
431
Further Readings
432
ch. 13
Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence
437
General Moral Questions
437
Issues Related to Collection and Covert Action
444
Analysis-Related Issues
452
Oversight-Related Issues
455
Whistle-Blowers
458
Media
459
Conclusion
460
Further Readings
460
ch. 14
Intelligence Reform
463
Purpose of Reform
464
Issues in Intelligence Reform
466
Conclusion
486
Key Terms
487
Further Readings
487
ch. 15
Foreign Intelligence Services
489
Britain
490
China
499
France
504
Israel
510
Russia
516
Other Services
524
Other Services in Brief
538
Conclusion
547
Further Readings
548
Appendix 1
Additional Bibliographic Citations and Websites
555
Appendix 2
Major Intelligence Reviews or Proposals
561
Author Index
565
Subject Index
571