Homeland Security and Intelligence (Praeger Security International)
• Offers a history of intelligence, an explanation of the new structure of the intelligence community, and the fundamentals of intelligence, including a review of how the process works• Instigates a timely and critical discussion of whether the United States should consider a new, independent domestic security entity• Examines the continuing competition among agencies and whether Fusion Centers are providing the needed level of communication• Provides an insightful look at the Israeli perspective on homeland security"For those in the field or new to the subject, Logan (criminal justice, Kutztown U. of Pennsylvania), a former federal law enforcement and security officer, assembles 13 articles informing readers about changes in homeland security intelligence and the new structure of the intelligence community, as well as enabling them to question the effectiveness of the new processes. A group of American practitioners and educators in the field discuss intelligence in the US and abroad and its role in maintaining homeland security, first covering US intelligence history, current structures of the community after 9/11, and fundamentals, then examining the new fusion centers and efforts to improve information-sharing among the federal, state, local, and private sectors. Other chapters address military intelligence, Israeli intelligence and counterterrorism, and congressional oversight."-Reference & Research Book News