Transforming U. S. Intelligence

by Sims, Jennifer E.

• ISBN13: 9781589010697
• ISBN10: 1589010698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

Summary

The intelligence failures exposed by the events of 9/11 and the missing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have made one thing perfectly clear: change is needed in how the U.S. intelligence community operates. Transforming U.S. Intelligence presents that argument that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence than on its bureaucratic arrangements. In fact, while the recent restructuring, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, may solve some problems, it has also created new ones. The authors of this volume agree that transforming policies and practices will be the most effective way to tackle future challenges facing the nation's security. This volume's contributors, who have served in intelligence agencies, the State or Defense Departments, and the staffs of congressional oversight committees, bring their experience as insiders to bear in thoughtful and thought-provoking essays that address what such an overhaul of the system will require. In the first section, contributors discuss twenty-first-century security challenges and how the intelligence community can successfully defend U.S. national interests. The second section focuses on new technologies and modified policies that can increase the effectiveness of intelligence gathering and analysis. Finally, contributors consider management procedures that ensure the implementation of enhanced capabilities in practice. Transforming U.S. Intelligence supports the mandate of the new Director of National Intelligence by offering both careful analysis of existing strengths and weaknesses in U.S. intelligence and specific recommendations on how to fix its problems without harming its strengths. These recommendations, based on intimate knowledge of the way U.S. intelligence actually works, include suggestions for the creative mixing of technologies with new missions to bring about the transformation of U.S. intelligence without incurring unnecessary harm or expense. The goal is the creation of an intelligence community that can rapidly respond to developments in international politics, such as the emergence of nimble terrorist networks while at the same time reconciling national security requirements with the rights and liberties of American citizens.

Author Biography

Jennifer E. Sims is a visiting professor with the security studies program at Georgetown University

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
Jennifer E. Sims
Burton Gerber
PART ONE: New Requirements
The Twenty-first-Century Challenge for U.S. Intelligence	3	(11)
Ernest R. May
Understanding Friends and Enemies: The Context for American Intelligence Reform	14	(18)
Jennifer E. Sims
Understanding Ourselves	32	(31)
Jennifer E. Sims
PART TWO: New Capabilities
Integrating Open Sources into Transnational Threat Assessments	63	(16)
Amy Sands
Clandestine Human Intelligence: Spies, Counterspies, and Covert Action	79	(17)
John MacGaffin
The Digital Dimension	96	(19)
James R. Gosler
Analysis and Estimates: Professional Practices in Intelligence Production	115	(19)
Douglas MacEachin
Denial and Deception	134	(15)
Donald C. F. Daniel
PART THREE: Management Challenges
Managing Domestic, Military, and Foreign Policy Requirements: Correcting Frankenstein's Blunder	149	(13)
James Monnier Simon Jr.
Intelligence and War: Afghanistan, 2001--2002	162	(18)
Henry A. Crumpton
Managing HUMINT: The Need for a New Approach	180	(18)
Burton Gerber
Intelligence and Homeland Defense	198	(22)
Henry A. Crumpton
Intelligence Analysis: Management and Transformation Issues	220	(19)
Mark M. Lowenthal
Congressional Oversight of Intelligence after September 11	239	(34)
L. Britt Snider
Meeting the Challenge: Action Now	259	(14)
Jennifer E. Sims
Burton Gerber
Contributors	273	(4)
Index	277