Why Secret Intelligence Fails
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Published: January 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781574888904
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Intelligence service; History; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Political Science / International Relations; Military - United States; United States - 20th Century; United States
First sentence: The terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 killed many innocent people, traumatized the country, pushed the U.S. government into a new and uncharted national security direction, and sparked a national debate over whether the attacks represented an intelligence failure.
Description: "Why Secret Intelligence Fails provides a frank discussion of the problems of the American intelligence community. While examining the causes of intelligence failures, the book also explores how the intelligence community functions, making it an excellent primer on secret intelligence. Rather than focusing on case studies, the book takes a holistic approach, beginning with structural issues and all the dysfunctions that emanate from them. Michael Turner explores each step of the intelligence cycle - priority setting, intelligence collection, analysis, production, and dissemination - to identify the "inflection points" within each stage that contribute to intelligence failures. Finally, he examines a variety of plans that, if implemented, would improve American intelligence."--Jacket.