Eyes on spies : Congress and the United States intelligence community / / by Amy B. Zegart
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| Autore: |
Zegart Amy B. <1967->
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| Titolo: |
Eyes on spies : Congress and the United States intelligence community / / by Amy B. Zegart
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8179-1288-6 |
| 0-8179-1286-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826628303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 603.