Intelligence management in the Americas
By: Russell G. Swenson and Carolina Sancho Hirane, editors
Publisher: NI Press, Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, National Intelligence University
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781932946437
Subjects: Intelligence service; Government policy; Law and legislation
Description: Brings together the perspectives of 22 authors from across the Americas. They outline and assess the status and promise of intelligence oversight legislation and actions, and develop various arguments for preserving the best aspects of intelligence autonomy.
Notes: "June 2015."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-498) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction : Management of national intelligence / Russell G. Swenson. Section One : Intelligence oversight in democratic context : legislative, ethical and legal dimensions. Commentary on Section One / Marco Cepik; title: Intelligence laws in Peru and Latin America; title: historical, legal, and institutional evolution / Andres Gomez de la Torre Rotta with Arturo Medrano Carmona; title: Intelligence laws of North, Central, and South America (table) / Liza Zuniga; title: Watching the watchers : oversight of intelligence services in democratic regimes / Joanisval Brito Goncalves; title: Status of oversight over intelligence services (table) / Russell G. Swenson and Carolina Sancho Hirane; title: Ethics and intelligence : review of European and North American experience and its application in Latin America / Carlos Maldonado Prieto; title: Human rights and intelligence ethics : case studies from cinema / Moira Nakousi Salas and Daniel Soto Muñoz; title: Intelligence, communications media, and political discourse / Manuel I. Balcazar Villareal.; title: Section Two : Intelligence management within the executive branch of government. Presidential decisionmaking process and intelligence; title: exploring an open question / Guillermo Holzmann; title: Improving producer-consumer relationships at the executive level : a continuing challenge / Manuel I. Balcazar Villareal; title: Between fear and need : an essay on historical interpretation / Jorge L. Jouroff; title: Strategic intelligence requirements for the security of Latin America / Mariano Bartolome; title: Economic intelligence : an examination of its status in the Andean countries / Alvaro Jose Venegas Gonzalez; title: Intelligence resource management / Dan Elkins; title: Changing paradigms in military intelligence; title: civil affairs operations and the threat of militarily capable criminal groups / G.M. Capo and M. A. Duarte; title: Intelligence cooperation in the framework of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) : possibilities and limitations / Carolina Sancho Hirane.; title: Section Three : Intelligence community management of privacy and security issues. Intelligence community management of conflicting privacy and security issues / Jose Manuel Ugarte; title: Comments on the essays in Section Three / Thomas C. Bruneau; title: Institutional challenges in the integration of the Brazilian public security intelligence system / Priscila Carlos Brandao; title: Intelligence; title: from the prison environment to the national security system / Liza Zuniga Collado; title: Intelligence autonomy, accountability, and internal security : foundations for oversight / Russell G. Swenson and Zulia Yanzadig Orozco Reynoso.; title: Section Four : Managing intelligence integration : a challenge for intelligence services. Commentary : intelligence education and integration : a symbiotic relationship / Anne Daugherty Miles; title: The education of a strategic intelligence professional : fulfilling national expectations / Jose Gabriel Paz; title: Managing intelligence information for multinational cyberspace security; title: approaches by the United States and Brazil / Robin M. Rogers; title: Harnessing security sector intellectual capital : transforming advisor situational awareness into sociopolitical understanding in a smart power environment / William S. Brei, Nathalie J. Frensley and Killaurin O. Roberts. Conclusion / Carolina Sancho Hirane.