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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790830203321

Autore

Posner Richard A

Titolo

Remaking domestic intelligence [[electronic resource] /] / by Richard A. Posner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8179-4683-7

0-8179-4682-9

0-8179-4688-8

Edizione

[First printing Hoover Classics edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 541

Disciplina

363.25/0973

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reissue of the 2005 ed.

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The problem -- Introduction. The FBI's failures. the failures are rooted in structure. The WMD Commission's critique -- The "agency within an agency" solution -- A better solution -- Coordination and command. A new agency. Siting the new agency: the DHS option. Finding a role, and relation to other agencies. Getting started. Civil liberties -- Conclusion -- Appendix: mission statement of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The author reveals the dangerous weaknesses undermining domestic intelligence in the United States and tells why a new national security service should not be part of the FBI. He explains the need for a new domestic intelligence agency, modeled on the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and lodged in the Department of Homeland Security.