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Fixing intelligence : for a more secure America

Summary: William E. Odom is the highest-ranking member of the United States Intelligence community ever to write a book outlining fundamental restructuring of this vast network of agencies, technology, and human agents. In the wake of 9/11, Odom has revised and updated a powerful critique he wrote several years ago for staffs of the U.S. congressional committee overseeing the vast American intelligence bureaucracy. His recommendations for revamping this essential component of American security are now available for general readers as well as for policymakers.While giving an unmatched overview of the world of U.S. intelligence, Odom persuasively shows that the failure of American intelligence on 9/11 had much to do with the complex bureaucratic relationships existing among the various components of the Intelligence Community. The sustained fragmentation within the Intelligence Community since World War II is part of the story; the blurring of security and intelligence duties is another. Odom describes the various components of American intelligence in order to give readers an understanding of how complex they are and what can be done to make them more effective in providing timely intelligence and more efficient in using their large budgets. He shows definitively that they cannot be remedied with quick fixes but require deep study of the entire bureaucracy and the commitment of the U.S. government to implement the necessary reforms.

Record details

ISBN: 9781281722539
ISBN: 1281722537
ISBN: 0300099762
ISBN: 9780300099768
ISBN: 030013035X
ISBN: 9780300130355
ISBN: 661172253X
ISBN: 9786611722531
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xli, 230 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why intelligence reform? -- Essential dogma and useful buzzwords -- Making dollars yield useful intelligence -- The world of military intelligence -- Listening to learn : signals intelligence -- Looking to see : imagery intelligence -- Spying to know : human intelligence -- Spying on spies : counterintelligence -- Conclusion : what it all means. Appendix. Intelligence organizations and the intelligence process.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.