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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Acronyms

CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS “INTELLIGENCE”?

WHY HAVE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES?

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE ABOUT?

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 2 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE

MAJOR THEMES

MAJOR HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 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

CHAPTER 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

CHAPTER 5 - COLLECTION AND THE COLLECTION DISCIPLINES

OVERARCHING THEMES

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

CONCLUSION

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 6 - ANALYSIS

MAJOR THEMES

ANALYTICAL ISSUES

INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS: AN ASSESSMENT

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 7 - COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

INTERNAL SAFEGUARDS

EXTERNAL INDICATORS AND COUNTERESPIONAGE

PROBLEMS IN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

LEAKS

NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS

CONCLUSION

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 8 - COVERT ACTION

THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

THE RANGE OF COVERT ACTIONS

ISSUES IN COVERT ACTION

ASSESSING COVERT ACTION

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 9 - THE ROLE OF THE POLICY MAKER

THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY PROCESS

WHO WANTS WHAT?

THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS: POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 10 - OVERSIGHT AND ACC0UNTABILITY

EXECUTIVE OVERSIGHT ISSUES

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

ISSUES IN CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

CONCLUSION

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 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

CHAPTER 12 - THE INTELLIGENCE AGENDA: TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY AND INTELLIGENCE AFTER THE COLD WAR

INTELLIGENCE AND THE NEW PRIORITIES

TERRORISM

PROLIFERATION

NARCOTICS

ECONOMICS

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

NETWORK WARFARE (INFORMATION OPERATIONS)

DOMINANT BATTLEFIELD AWARENESS

CONCLUSION

KEY TERMS

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 13 - ETHICAL AND MORAL ISSUES IN INTELLIGENCE

GENERAL MORAL QUESTIONS

ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTION AND COVERT ACTION

ANALYSIS-RELATED ISSUES

OVERSIGHT-RELATED ISSUES

THE MEDIA

CONCLUSION

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 14 - INTELLIGENCE REFORM

THE PURPOSE OF REFORM

ISSUES IN INTELLIGENCE REFORM

CONCLUSION

FURTHER READINGS

CHAPTER 15 - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

BRITAIN

CHINA

FRANCE

ISRAEL

RUSSIA

CONCLUSION

FURTHER READINGS

APPENDIX 1 - ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS AND WEB SITES

APPENDIX 2 - MAJOR INTELLIGENCE REVIEWS OR PROPOSALS

Author Index

Subject Index

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