Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and Effectiveness

Contents......Page 6
Foreword: Intelligence, Civil-Intelligence Relations, and Democracy (Robert Jervis)......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 22
Introduction: Intelligence Reform: Balancing Democracy and Effectiveness (Thomas C. Bruneau and Steven C. Boraz)......Page 26
Part One: Challenges to Effective Intelligence in Modern Democracies......Page 50
One: Executive Privilege: Intelligence Oversight in the United States (Steven C. Boraz)......Page 52
Two: Rethinking Judicial Oversight of Intelligence (Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker and Bryan Pate)......Page 76
Three: U.S. Intelligence Prior to 9/11 and Obstacles to Reform (William J. Lahneman)......Page 98
Four: Keeping ‘‘Earthly Awkwardness’’: Failures of Intelligence in the United Kingdom (Peter Gill)......Page 121
Five: Cultural Legacies of French Intelligence (Douglas Porch)......Page 146
Part Two: Democratic Control of Intelligence in New Democracies......Page 172
Six: Structural Change and Democratic Control of Intelligence in Brazil (Marco Cepik)......Page 174
Seven: Taiwan’s Intelligence Reform in an Age of Democratization (Steven E. Phillips)......Page 195
Eight: Establishing Democratic Control of Intelligence in Argentina (Priscila Carlos Brandão Antunes)......Page 220
Nine: Romania’s Transition To Democracy and the Role of the Press in Intelligence Reform (Cristiana Matei)......Page 244
Ten: Transforming Intelligence in South Africa (Kenneth R. Dombroski)......Page 266
Eleven: Terrorism’s Threat To New Democracies: The Case of Russia (Mikhail Tsypkin)......Page 294
Twelve: Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence Reform: The Philippines (Douglas J. Macdonald)......Page 326
Conclusion: Best Practices: Balancing Democracy and Effectiveness (Steven C. Boraz and Thomas C. Bruneau)......Page 356
Selected Bibliography......Page 370
About the Contributors......Page 382
Index......Page 388