This book examines the realities of living in the United States after the events of September 11th, 2001, and evaluates the challenges in gathering internal intelligence without severely compromising personal liberties. In the United States, there are a staggering number of agents of the CIA, FBI, and state, local, and tribal police, all authorized and empowered to collect intelligence. But is there a way to use these vast resources to gather intelligence in a socially tolerable fashion and still maintain our cherished civil liberties? This book presents a thorough investigation of intelligence collection in the United States that examines the delicate balance of civil liberties with the effectiveness of intelligence collection. It contains a history of domestic intelligence in America, a description of the various threats against our nation, and a discussion of the complexities of deciding what kind of information needs to be collected— and against whom. The conclusion succinctly states the author's opinions on what needs to be done to best address the issue.
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This book examines the realities of living in the United States after the events of September 11th, 2001, and evaluates the challenges in gathering internal intelligence without severely compromising personal liberties.
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This is a superb book that addresses the problem of creating a new US intelligence community that meets the exigencies of this new age of domestic terrorism. It is a very readable book that explains the sprawling, arcane intelligence apparatus to the lay reader. However, written by a former CIA official and academic, the book is filled with insights that will inform those with a technical and professional orientation.
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"Mr. Marks' Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World surveys the landscape of domestic security issues in an era where threats to the homeland are increasing in number and sophistication. Mr. Marks brings a distinguished background in the intelligence community to bear in providing a clear-eyed look at the United States' conflicted history with domestic intelligence operations. He chronicles past successes and failures and their complicated relationship with American ideals of civil liberty, and compares the U.S. approach to that of other modern democracies. Most importantly, what sets this book apart from others like it is that Mr. Marks offers thoughtful, realistic solutions to the problems and threats described in the book, based on his decades spend in the intelligence community. Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World should be required reading for anyone with a personal or professional stake in our nation's safety."
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This book examines the realities of living in the United States after the events of September 11th, 2001, and evaluates the challenges in gathering internal intelligence without severely compromising personal liberties.
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Maps clarify America's security threats in a global and domestic context

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ISBN
9780313391415
Publisert
2010-11-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
425 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
160

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Biographical note

Ronald A. Marks is senior fellow at George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute, Washington, DC, and a former CIA senior official.