Strategic intelligence/ edited by Loch K. Johnson.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 1. Understanding the hidden side of government. An introduction to the intelligence literature / Loch K. Johnson -- Cloaks, daggers, and ivory towers : why academics don't study U.S. intelligence / Amy B. Zegart -- Studying intelligence : a British perspective / Timothy Gibbs -- Democratic deficit be damned : the executive use of legislators to scrutinize national security in Canada / Stuart Farson and Reg Whitaker -- Sources and methods in the study of intelligence : a British view / Len Scott -- Searching where the light shines? An American view of methods for the study of intelligence / Michael Warner -- The challenges for intelligence analysis / John Hollister Hedley -- The intelligence-policy nexus / James J. Wirtz -- Sorting the wood from the trees : were 9/11 and Iraq "intelligence failures"? / Peter Gill -- Intelligence of the past : intelligence for the future / Harold M. Greenberg -- National intelligence in the age of transparency / Kristin M. Lord -- Appendixes. Intelligence excerpts from the National Security Act of 1947 -- A brief history of U.S. intelligence -- The U.S. intelligence community 1985. The U.S. intelligence community 2006. The organization of the Central Intelligence Agency, with details on the Directorate for Intelligence--home of the CIA's analysts -- An aerial photograph of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1996 -- Leadership of the U.S. intelligence community, 1947-2006 -- The need for intelligence literature / Sherman Kent -- The Aspin-Brown Commission on the purposes and challenges of intelligence -- A tale of counterintelligence. The defections of Dr. John / Delmege Trimble.

v. 2. The intelligence cycle : the flow of secret information from overseas to the hightest councils of government. What's wrong with the intelligence cycle? / Arthur S. Hulnick -- The challenge of global intelligence listening / Patrick Radden Keefe -- Prometheus embattled : a post-9/11 report card on the National Security Agency / Matthew M. Aid -- Intelligence : the imagery dimension / Jeffrey T. Richelson -- The importance and future of espionage / Frederick P. Hitz -- Open source intelligence / Robert David Steele -- The shortest distance between two points lies in rethinking the question : intelligence and the information age technology challenge / Daniel S. Gressang -- Intelligence analysts and policy makers : benefits and dangers of tensions in the relationship / Jack Davis -- "The customer is king" : intelligence requirements in Britain / Michael Hennan -- Global economic espionage : an ancient art, now a science / Minh A. Luong -- The politics of intelligence post-mortems / Max M. Holland -- Appendixes. The intelligence cycle -- Examples of aerial intelligence collection "platforms" and smaller collection devices -- Examples of imagery intelligence from reconnaissance -- Aircraft and surveillance satellites -- Categories of finished intelligence and the major products -- Sample NIEs on the Soviet Union and SNIEs on Cuba and Vietnam -- Samples and extracts from the President's Daily Brief -- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence critique of HUMINT, 2004 -- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on Iraqi WMD intelligence, 2004.

v. 3. Covert action : behind the veils of secret foreign policy. Covert action : forward to the past? / Gregory F. Treverton -- Covert action : the "quiet option" in international statecraft / Kevin A. O'Brien -- Covert action : the Israeli experience / Ephraim Kahana -- "Such other functions and duties" : covert action and American intelligence policy / James M. Scott and Jerel A. Rosati -- Covert action : an appraisal of the effects of secret propaganda / Michael A. Turner -- Political action as a tool of Presidential statecraft / William J. Daugherty -- Covert action and the Pentagon / Jennifer D. Kibbe -- Covert action and diplomacy / John D. Stempel -- From cold war to long war : covert action in U.S. legal context / James E. Baker -- Appendixes. Excerpt from the Church Committee report on the evolution of CIA covert action -- The Hughes-Ryan Act, 1974 -- Covert action decision and reporting pathway -- Examples of Presidential findings for covert action -- The organization during the Cold War of the CIA's Directorate of Operations--home base for covert operations -- The CIA assassination plot in the Congo, 1960-61 -- The Executive Order prohibiting assassination plots, 1976 -- When covert action subverts U.S. law : the Iran-Contra case.

v. 4. Counterintelligence and counterterrorism : defending the nation against hostile forces. Definitions and theories of counterintelligence / Stan A. Taylor -- VENONA and Cold War counterintelligence methodology / Nigel West -- Catching spies in the United States / Katherine A. S. Sibley -- The successes and failures of FBI counterintelligence / Athan Theoharis -- The idea of a European FBI / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones -- Washington politics, intelligence, and the struggle against global terrorism / Glenn Hastedt -- The intelligence war against global terrorism / Richard L Russell -- Intelligence to counter terror : the importance of all-source fusion / Jennifer Sims -- Women in religious terrorist organizations : a comparative analysis / Katharina von Knop -- Appendixes. CIA counterintelligence : an excerpt from the Church Committee report -- The Huston Plan -- The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reports on the Aldrich Ames counterintelligence failure, 1994 -- Counterterrorism, intelligence, and the Hart-Rudman Commission, March 2001 -- The 9/11 Commission recommendations on intelligence and counterterrorism, 2004 -- The Silberman-Robb Commission recommendations on intelligence and WMDs in Iraq, 2005 -- The Butler Report on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, 2004.

v. 5. Intelligence and accountability : safeguards against the abuse of secret power : intelligence and the quest for security. Congressional oversight of the CIA in the early Cold War, 1947-63 / David M. Barrett -- Intelligence oversight : the Church Committee / Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr. -- A conversation with former DCI William E. Colby, spymaster during the "year of the intelligence wars" / Loch K. Johnson -- The British experience with intelligence accountability / Mark Phythian -- Documentary evidence for differences between American and British approaches to intelligence / Lawrence J. Lamanna -- More perfect oversight : intelligence oversight and reform / Cynthia M. Nolan -- Intelligence accountability : a comparative perspective / Hans Born and Ian Leigh -- The coin of intelligence accountability / A. Denis Clift -- A half century of spy watching / Harry Howe Ransom -- Appendixes. A Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on oversight experiences, 1947-93 -- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 -- The Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 -- The Intelligence Oversight Act of 1991 -- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence conclusions on intelligence oversight, 1996 -- 9/11 Commission conclusions on intelligence oversight, 2004 -- Documents on intelligence funding -- Remarks on intelligence oversight, DCI Robert M. Gates, 1993.