Confronting Enemy Within:Security Intelligence Police & Co: Security Intelligence, the Police, and Counterterrorism in Four Democracies - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0833035134 ISBN 13: 9780833035134

Casa editrice: RAND Corporation, 2004

Riassunto

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, critics have charged that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), while qualified to investigate terrorist incidents after the fact, is not well equipped to adequately gather and assess information to prevent attacks. More intrinsically, many believe that, given a predominant and deeply rooted law enforcement and prosecutorial culture, the bureau may not be able - or, in fact, even willing - to change operational focus toward dedicated counterterrorism intelligence gathering and analysis. To better inform debate, researchers at the RAND Corporation analyzed the domestic security services of four allied countries - the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia. In each of the cases, the authors consider the organization's basic structure, its main threats, its relationship with the police, and the oversight and accountability each has with its respective government. They then weigh both the positive and negative aspects of the systems. Overall, the authors find the case studies useful as a benchmark to guide developments should a decision be made to establish a similar type of agency in the United States.

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Informazioni sull?autore

William Rosenau is a political scientist at RAND's Washington Office and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program, Georgetown University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: RAND Corporation
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0833035134
• ISBN 13: 9780833035134
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 90
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile