02597nam 2200625 a 450 991082662830332120230725060504.00-8179-1288-60-8179-1286-X(CKB)2550000000105260(EBL)1370685(SSID)ssj0000720580(PQKBManifestationID)12322336(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720580(PQKBWorkID)10686261(PQKB)10345654(MiAaPQ)EBC3301824(MiAaPQ)EBC1370685(Au-PeEL)EBL3301824(CaPaEBR)ebr10580559(CaONFJC)MIL545380(OCoLC)808344422(Au-PeEL)EBL1370685(OCoLC)876507494(EXLCZ)99255000000010526020110728d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEyes on spies[electronic resource] Congress and the United States intelligence community /by Amy B. ZegartStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Press20111 online resource (145 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 603Description based upon print version of record.1-306-14129-X 0-8179-1284-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Hoover Institution Press publication ;603.Intelligence serviceUnited StatesLegislative oversightUnited StatesIntelligence serviceLegislative oversight155.4/124Zegart Amy B.1967-1605896MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826628303321Eyes on spies3931389UNINA