The New Protective State Government, Intelligence and Terrorism

by Hennessy, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780826496140
• ISBN10: 0826496148
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The gathering of information by the Intelligence Services is now an issue of major importance in the modern world. But what are the ethical responsibilities of these bodies.? How is that intelligence collected, assessed and used? What is the impact and significance of the new protective state that has been constructed in Whitehall over the years since 2001? With new threats appearing to society both at home and abroad and sweeping changes being made to the law and Government, intelligence and police authorities where does the debate now take us? All these matters raise profound questions for the nature and future of democracy and human rights. These are considered and analysed by those the cutting edge of the debate in this brilliant book.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. V
From Secret State to Protective State	p. 1
Protecting the Citizen in the Twenty-first Century: Issues and Challenges	p. 42
The International Terrorist Threat to the United Kingdom	p. 66
Countering International Terrorism: Joining Up the Dots	p. 74
Reflections on Secret Intelligence	p. 97
Just Intelligence: Prolegomena to an Ethical Theory	p. 123
The Dilemmas of Using Secret Intelligence for Public Security	p. 142
Ethics and Intelligence	p. 170
Epilogue	p. 176
List of Contributors	p. 177
Index	p. 179
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