Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World: Domestic Threat and the Need for Change (The Changing Face of War)
• Presents an insightful and honest assessment of the effectiveness of intelligence collection and analysis in America• Addresses the widespread concern of Americans regarding government surveillance in the modern era• Provides a compelling examination of how the United Kingdom attempts to deal with its substantial problems of monitoring and neutralizing internal threats• Portrays the complex challenges of striking a balance between protection of civil liberties and the necessity to collect information within the United States• Maps clarify America's security threats in a global and domestic context• Photographs depict historic events like the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the signing of the U.S. Constitution• Includes a bibliography of reference sources and recommended reading as well as an index of interviewees and quotations• A glossary explains the most commonly used terms in intelligence and homeland security"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."-Choice