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Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform by Posner
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- Publication Date
- 2006-03-23
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780742551275
- Book Title
- Uncertain Shield : the U. S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform
- Book Series
- Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society Ser.
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, General
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 16.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Ever since the publication in 2004 of the 9/11 Commission Report, the U.S. intelligence community has been in the throes of a convulsive movement for reform. In Uncertain Shield , Richard A. Posner continues the story of the reform movement begun in his earlier book, Preventing Surprise Attacks . Analyzing the latest decisions made by the Director of National Intelligence and examining in detail issues from Hurricane Katrina to the national security computer networks, he demonstrates the dangers of an overly centralized intelligence system and offers clear ideas for reform that go beyond risky organizational changes.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
074255127x
ISBN-13
9780742551275
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2309471599
Product Key Features
Book Title
Uncertain Shield : the U. S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, General
Book Series
Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society Ser.
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Jk468.I6p674 2006
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If anyone wants to understand why the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 is largely misguided and what steps might actually improve the Intelligence Community "s performance, Judge Posner "s Uncertain Shield is required reading. A first-rate analysis of an arcane and difficult subject., As Judge Posner demonstrates - in an arresting book that is effective because the analyst is an authoritative but agenda-free outsider whose writing style is crystal-clear and whose principal tool is sober analysis - this caution-to-the-wind approach to something as imperative to our security as competent intelligence has potentially left us even more vulnerable to attack than we were before September 11., Crisply written, knowledgeable, and cant-free, [Posner's] Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform combines common sense and the more uncommon insights of 'organizational theory' to describe the way intelligence works--and sometimes doesn't., There he goes again: Irrepressible Judge Richard Posner "s lambasting of the Bush administration "s intelligence reorganization is getting a lot of attention, including at the CIA, which invited the chief of the 7th Circuit to lead a seminar on his latest book, Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform., Crisply written, knowledgeable, and cant-free, [Posner's] Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform combines common sense and the more uncommon insights of 'organizational theory' to describe the way intelligence works "and sometimes doesn't., There he goes again: Irrepressible Judge Richard Posner's lambasting of the Bush administration's intelligence reorganization is getting a lot of attention, including at the CIA, which invited the chief of the 7th Circuit to lead a seminar on his latest book, Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform., If anyone wants to understand why the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 is largely misguided and what steps might actually improve the Intelligence Community's performance, Judge Posner's Uncertain Shield is required reading. A first-rate analysis of an arcane and difficult subject., Posner's continued study of reforms in our Intelligence structure since 9/11 is illuminating and constructive. Uncertain Shield makes a major contribution to the debate over how best to insure America's security., Relentlessly lucid and insightful, Uncertain Shield is easily the best contemporary analysis of the U.S. Intelligence community available. Judge Posner's book should be read by all who are concerned with state of America's intelligence community, and his advice should be heeded by all who are responsible for it.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1. How the Intelligence Reform Act Evolved from the 9/11 Commission's Report Chapter 3 2. Critical Overkill: The Report of the Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction Chapter 4 3. The 2005 Reorganization of the U.S. Intelligence System Chapter 5 4. The Crisis in Domestic Intelligence Chapter 6 5. Forming a Security Intelligence Service Chapter 7 6. Automation Woes Chapter 8 7. Congress's Role in Intelligence I: The Issue of Presidential Prerogative Chapter 9 8. Congress's Role in Intelligence II: Legislative Oversight Chapter 10 Conclusion
Copyright Date
2006
Lccn
2005-036631
Dewey Decimal
327.1273
Dewey Edition
22
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