Secret Intelligence
A Reader
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Book Description
The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and ongoing debates about the future of intelligence.
Secret intelligence has never enjoyed a higher profile. The events of 9/11, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the missing WMD controversy, public debates over prisoner interrogation, together with the revelations of figures such as Edward Snowden, recent cyber attacks and the rise of 'hybrid warfare' have all contributed to make this a ‘hot’ subject over the past two decades.
Aiming to be more comprehensive than existing books, and to achieve truly international coverage of the field, this book provides key readings and supporting material for students and course convenors. It is divided into four main sections, each of which includes full summaries of each article, further reading suggestions and student questions:
• The intelligence cycle
• Intelligence, counter-terrorism and security
• Ethics, accountability and secrecy
• Intelligence and the new warfare
This new edition contains essays by leading scholars in the field and will be essential reading for students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, international security and political science in general, and of interest to anyone wishing to understand the current relationship between intelligence and policy-making.
Table of Contents
Introduction: What is intelligence?
1. Wanted: A definition of ‘intelligence’ Michael Warner
2. Ideas of intelligence: Divergent national concepts and institutions Philip Davies
Part 1: The Intelligence Cycle
Summary
The collection of intelligence
3. Observations on Successful Espionage Joseph Wippl
4. All glory is fleeting: SIGINT and the fight against international terrorism Matthew Aid
5. Introducing Social Media Intelligence Sir David Omand, James Bartlett and Carl Miller
6. The Increasing Value of Open Source Stevyn Gibson
The analysis of intelligence
7. Surprise despite warning: Why sudden attacks succeed R.K. Betts
8. Is Politicization Ever a Good Thing? Joshua Rovner
Intelligence at the top: Producer-consumer linkage
9. American Presidents and their intelligence communities C.M Andrew
10. Squaring the circle: Dealing with intelligence-policy breakdowns K.L. Gardiner
Liaison: International Intelligence co-operation
11. International intelligence co-operation: An inside perspective Stephen Lander
12. ‘Foreign Intelligence Liaison: Devils, Deals, and Details’ Jennifer Sims
Part 2: Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and Security
Summary
Intelligence and 9/11
13. The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: A Failure of Policy Not Strategic Intelligence Analysis Stephen Marrin
14. Deja Vu? Comparing Pearl Harbor and September 11 James J. Wirtz
Intelligence and WMD
15. Reports, politics, and intelligence failures: The case of Iraq Robert Jervis
16. British Intelligence Failures and Iraq John Morrison
Security intelligence and counter-terrorism
17. Intelligence and strategy in the war on Islamist terrorism John R. Schindler
18. Intelligence in Northern Ireland B. Bamford
Counter-intelligence
19. Counterintelligence: The broken triad Frederick L. Wettering
20. Delayed Disclosure: National Security, Whistle-Blowers and the Nature of Secrecy Richard J. Aldrich and Christopher Moran
Part 3: Ethics, Accountability and Control
Summary
The problems of oversight and accountability
21. The British experience with intelligence accountability Mark Phythian
22. The role of news media in intelligence oversight Claudia Hillebrand
The problem of surveillance and civil liberties
23. High policing in the security control society James Sheptycki
24. Needles in Haystacks: Law, Capability, Ethics, and Proportionality in Big Data Intelligence-Gathering Julian Richards
Intelligence and ethics
25. Ethics and intelligence after September 2001 Michael Herman
26. 'As Rays of Light to the Human Soul'? Moral Agents and Intelligence Gathering Toni Erskine
Torture and assassination
27. Can the torture of terrorist suspects be justified? Maureen Ramsay
28. Torture — The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz Uwe Steinhoff
Part 4: Intelligence and the New Warfare
Summary
Covert action
29. Covert action and the Pentagon Jennifer D Kibbe
30. Secret Intelligence, Covert Action and Clandestine Diplomacy Len Scott
Intelligence, deception and military operations
31. Netcentric warfare, C4ISR and information operations John Ferris
32. The New Frontier: Cyberespionage and Cyberwar Lewis Herrington
Intelligence, counter-insurgency and peacekeeping
33. Intelligence and Counter-insurgency Rory Cormac
34. Intelligence and UN peacekeeping Hugh Smith
Reform and New Directions
35. Intelligence and the Global South; China, Africa and South America Zakia Shiraz and John Kasuku
36. Learning to live with intelligence Wesley K. Wark
Editor(s)
Biography
Christopher Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and former Chair of the Faculty of History at Cambridge University.
Richard J. Aldrich is Professor of International Security at the University of Warwick, and a former Director of the Institute of Advanced Study. He is Leverhulme Major Research Fellow and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Wesley K. Wark is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of Trinity College and an Associate of the Munk Centre for International Studies. He is also a Visiting Research Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Reviews
Praise for the First Edition:
'This title fills a gap in the national security intelligence literature and is therefore a welcome addition to the bookshelves of scholars and practioners.' -- Hank Prunckun, Journal of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, Vol. 19, 2, 2011