Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society) - Hardcover

Richard A. Posner

 
9780742551275: Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 074255127X ISBN 13: 9780742551275
Publisher: Hoover Inst Press Post Copub, 2006

Synopsis

Ever since the publication in 2004 of the 9/11 Commission Report, the U.S. intelligence community has been in the throes of a convulsive movement for reform. In "Uncertain Shield", Richard A. Posner continues the story of the reform movement begun in his earlier book, "Preventing Surprise Attacks". Analyzing the latest decisions made by the Director of National Intelligence and examining in detail, issues from Hurricane Katrina to the national security computer networks, he demonstrates the dangers of an overly centralized intelligence system and offers clear ideas for reform that go beyond risky organizational changes.

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About the Author

Richard A. Posner is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He is the author of hundreds of articles and nearly four dozen books, including Preventing Surprise Attacks (2005), Public Intellectuals (2002), Breaking the Deadlock (2001), and An Affair of State (1999). He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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Publisher
Hoover Inst Press Post Copub
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
074255127X
ISBN 13 
9780742551275
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256