Confronting Enemy Within:Security Intelligence Police & Co

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780833035134
• ISBN10: 0833035134
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-10
• Publisher: Rand Corp

Summary

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, critics have charged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), while qualified to investigate terrorist incidents after the fact, is not well equipped to adequately gather and assess information to prevent attacks. More intrinsically, many believe that, given a predominant and deeply rooted law enforcement and prosecutorial culture, the bureau may not be able - or, in fact, even willing - to change operational focus toward dedicated counterterrorism intelligence gathering and analysis. To better inform debate, researchers at the RAND Corporation analyzed the domestic security services of four allied countries - the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia. In each of the cases, the authors consider the organization's basic structure, its main threats, its relationship with the police, and the oversight and accountability each has with its respective government. They then weigh both the positive and negative aspects of the systems. Overall, the authors find the case studies useful as a benchmark to guide developments should a decision be made to establish a similar type of agency in the United States.

Author Biography

William Rosenau is a political scientist at RAND's Washington Office and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program, Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
The RAND Corporation Quality Assurance Process	p. v
Table	p. ix
Summary	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Security Intelligence in the United Kingdom	p. 7
The Terrorist Threat	p. 7
The Security Service ("MI5")	p. 8
MI5 and the Police	p. 12
MI5 Oversight and Accountability	p. 13
Security Intelligence in France	p. 17
The Terrorist Threat	p. 17
La Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire	p. 17
The DST and the Police	p. 20
DST Oversight and Accountability	p. 22
Security Intelligence in Canada	p. 25
The Terrorist Threat	p. 25
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service	p. 26
CSIS and the Police	p. 28
CSIS Oversight and Accountability	p. 30
Security Intelligence in Australia	p. 33
The Terrorist Threat	p. 33
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation	p. 35
ASIO and the Police	p. 37
ASIO Oversight and Accountability	p. 39
Assessment and Observations	p. 43
Strengths	p. 43
Weaknesses	p. 48
Operational Effectiveness and Acceptability	p. 48
Information Dissemination	p. 52
Accountability	p. 53
Conclusion	p. 55
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act, 2003: Background Information	p. 57
Bibliography	p. 59
About the Authors	p. 67
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