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



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Autore: Zegart Amy B. <1967-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Eyes on spies : Congress and the United States intelligence community / / by Amy B. Zegart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
Disciplina: 155.4/124
Soggetto topico: Intelligence service - United States
Legislative oversight - United States
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Eyes on spies  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8179-1288-6
0-8179-1286-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826628303321
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Serie: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 603.