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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968143203321

Autore

Zegart Amy B. <1967->

Titolo

Eyes on spies : Congress and the United States intelligence community / / by Amy B. Zegart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, 2011

ISBN

9780817912888

0817912886

9780817912864

081791286X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 603

Disciplina

155.4/124

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States

Legislative oversight - United States

Authors' presentation copies.

Dust jackets.

Dust jackets (Binding)20th century.CaliforniaStanford

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What does good oversight look like, anyway? -- Goldilocks and the intelligence oversight literature -- Policemen, firefighters, and spooks: how oversight varies across policy domains -- Oversight weapons gone weak: expertise and budgetary authority -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Amy Zegart examines the weaknesses of US intelligence oversight and why those deficiencies have persisted, despite the unprecedented importance of intelligence in today's environment. She argues that many of the biggest oversight problems lie with Congress?the institution, not the parties or personalities?showing how Congress has collectively and persistently tied its own hands in overseeing intelligence.