Intelligence for an Age of Terror

by Treverton, Gregory F.

• ISBN13: 9781107615663
• ISBN10: 1107615666
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-05
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

During the Cold War, U.S. intelligence was concerned primarily with states; non-state actors like terrorists were secondary. Now the priorities are reversed and the challenge is enormous. States had an address, and they were hierarchical and bureaucratic. They thus came with some 'story'. Terrorists do not. States were 'over there', but terrorists are there and here. They thus put pressure on intelligence at home, not just abroad. The strength of this book is that it underscores the extent of the change and ranges broadly across data collection and analysis, foreign and domestic, as well as presenting the issues of value that arise as new targets require collecting more information at home.

Author Biography

Gregory F. Treverton is Director of the RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Preface to the Paerback Edition	p. ix
Acronyms	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Changed Target	p. 15
The Cold War Legacy	p. 49
The Imperative of Change	p. 75
The Agenda Ahead	p. 100
The Special Challenge of Analysis	p. 134
Many Customers, Too Many Secrets	p. 168
Covert Action: Forward to the Past?	p. 207
Rebuilding the Social Contract	p. 235
Notes	p. 263
Index	p. 293
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