Who'S Watching the Spies? - Establishing Intelligence Service Accountability (Paperback, New)

Given recent experiences with terrorism, clearly even the most democratic societies have a legitimate need for secrecy. This secrecy has often been abused, however, and strong oversight systems are necessary to protect individual liberties. The assembled authors, each well known in the international community of national security scholars, bring together in one volume the rich experience of three decades of experimentation in intelligence accountability. Using a structured approach, they examine the strengths and weaknesses of the intelligence systems of Argentina, Canada, Germany, Norway, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. While these democracies have experimented with methods to make intelligence more accountable, they all have different political systems, political cultures, legal systems, and democratic traditions, thereby presenting an exceptional opportunity to examine how intelligence accountability evolves under disparate circumstances. The contributors draw together the best practices into a framework for successful approaches to intelligence accountability, including a prescription for a model law.

General

Imprint:	Potomac Books Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	July 2005
Authors:	Dr Hans Born • Loch K. Johnson
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-57488-897-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
LSN:	1-57488-897-8
Barcode:	9781574888973

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