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Fool me twice intelligence failure and mass casualty terrorism
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- ISBN: 9789047440291 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9047440293 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9789004158450
- ISBN: 9004158456
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1 online resource (xxv, 292 p.) - Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, c2007.
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| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- A. Key Concepts: Strategic Surprise and Intelligence Failure -- 1. Strategic Surprise -- 2. Intelligence Failure -- B. The "New Terrorism" -- 1. Qualitative and Quantitative Changes in the Terrorist Threat -- 2. The Challenge to Government -- C. Sources of Intelligence Failure -- 1. Leadership and Policy Failures -- 2. Organizational and Bureaucratic Issues -- 3. Problems with Warning Information -- 4. Analytical Challenges -- D. Understanding Mass Casualty Terrorism, 1993-2001 -- Chapter 2 -- February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center -- A. Introduction -- 1. The Streets ofNew York -- 2. The First Big Surprise -- B. Leadership Failures -- 1. Psychology, Perception and the Threat Environment -- 2. Setting Priorities for Intelligence Collection -- 3. Failures of Public Policy Leadership -- C. Organizational Obstacles -- 1. Obstacle #1: FBI Culture and Confidential Informants -- 2. Obstacle #2: Federal-State Coordination -- 3. Obstacle #3: FBI-CIA TurfWars -- 4. Obstacle #4: FBI Investigations vs. Intelligence -- 5. Obstacle #5: Executive and Legislative Restrictions -- D. Threat and Warning Information -- 1. Threat Indicators-Hiding in Plain Sight -- 2. Warning Indicators-Signals vs. Noise -- 3. Missed Opportunities -- E. Analytical Challenges -- F. The First Avoidable Surprise? -- G. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- April; 19, 1995: Oklahoma City -- A. Introduction -- 1. What Was the Nature of the Surprise? -- B. Leadership Failures -- 1. Psychology, Perception, and the Threat Environment -- 2. The Perceived Threat Environment -- 3. Failures of Public Policy Leadership -- C. Organizational Obstacles -- 1. The First Amendment and Domestic Surveillance -- 2. Law Enforcement Culture and Attitudes -- 3. Law Enforcement Coordination -- D. Threat and Warning Information -- 1. The Threat from the Far Right -- 2. Specific Warning Indicators -- 3. Possible Indicators from "Others Unknown" -- 4. No Warning -- 5. Failing to Learn -- E. Analytical Challenges -- F. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- June 25, 1996: Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia -- A. Introduction -- 1. The U.S. Mission in the Persian Gulf -- 2. The First Signs of Trouble: 1994-95 -- 3. Heightened Security at U.S. Installations -- 4. What Was the Nature of the Surprise at Khobar Towers? -- 5. Competing Judgments on the Failure -- B. Leadership Failures -- 1. The Perceived Threat Environment in Saudi Arabia Prior to -- November 1995 -- 2. Perceptions ofThreat After OPM/SANG -- 3. The Charge of "Mission Creep" -- 4. Efforts to Enhance Force Protection -- 5. Sensitivity to Host Country Concerns -- 6. Failures of Public Policy Leadership -- C. Organizational Obstacles -- 1. For Lack of a SOFA -- 2. Structure of the Military Chain of Command -- 3. Lack of Guidance from DOD -- 4. Money and Manpower -- 5. Conclusions on Organizational Obstacles -- D. Threat and Warning Information -- 1. Threat Indicators in the Kingdom -- 2. Warning Indicators -- 3. Conclusions on Threat and Warning -- E. Analytical Challenges -- 1. The Lack of Human Intelligence -- F. Conclusion -- 1. The Fina. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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