The Future of American Intelligence (Hoover Institution Press Publication) - Softcover

Berkowitz, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817946624 ISBN 13: 9780817946623

Publisher: Hoover Institution Press, 2005

Synopsis

These essays from a diverse group of distinguished contributors deepen our understanding of the new national security threats posed by terrorism, by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and by the spread of Islamic extremism. They examine the obstacles to making U.S. intelligence more capable and offer recommendations for effective reform.

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From the Publisher:

The urgent task of reforming U.S. intelligence

The United States today faces new kinds of adversaries, armed with an array of sinister weapons and capable of communicating and coordinating actions around the globe with unprecedented ease. As The Future of American Intelligence demonstrates, this dangerous new world requires changes in how the United States collects and analyzes intelligence and translates it into policy.

These essays from a diverse group of distinguished contributors deepen our understanding of the new national security threats posed by terrorism, by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and by the spread of Islamic extremism. They examine the obstacles—intellectual, governmental, bureaucratic, military, and technological—to making U.S. intelligence more effective and offer thoughtful recommendations for reform.

Approaching the problem from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the authors stress how it is critical that the intelligence community revise its deeply entrenched assumptions and ideas about how to collect and analyze intelligence. They reveal how those assumptions led the United States to overlook the gravity of the threat posed by bin Laden and be dead wrong about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq—and how they generally stifle creative thinking and independent judgment within intelligence agencies. Their recommendations include suggestions for reforming the management style and the organizational structure of the intelligence services as well as establishing more effective procedures for taking advantage of both current and future technological advances.

Peter Berkowitz teaches at George Mason University School of Law and is a fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Contributors: Reuel Mark Gerecht, Gordon Lederman, Kevin O’Connell, Gary Schmitt, Richard Schultz

About the Author:

Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he chairs the Koret-Taube Task Force on National Security and Law. He was cofounder and director of the Israel Program on Constitutional Government, has served as a senior consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics, and is a member of the Policy Advisory Board at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0817946624
• ISBN 13: 9780817946623
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 185