Intelligence and human rights in the era of global terrorism

Facing threats posed by dedicated suicide bombers who have access to modern technology for mass destruction and who intend to cause maximum human suffering and casualty, democratic governments have hard choices to make. This book addresses the question of how intelligence organizations can improve t...

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Other Authors: Tsang, Steve Yui-Sang 1959- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press , 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Stopping global terrorism and protecting rights / Steve Tsang
  • Identifying and rectifying inadequacies
  • The British quest for transparency / Mark Urban
  • Lessons from the Iranian case and the changing face of American intelligence / Jack Caravelli
  • The wider political context
  • Political supervision of intelligence services in the United Kingdom / John N.L. Morrison
  • Intelligence oversight in the United States / Loch K. Johnson
  • Parliamentary oversight of intelligence : the German approach / Christian Heyer
  • An appropriate legal framework for dealing with modern terrorism and WMD / Richard G. Stearns
  • Human rights and human intelligence / Alex Danchev
  • Toward new intelligence systems
  • Preparing to meet new challenges / Peter Wilson
  • Efficient resource allocation / George Maior and Sebastian Huluban
  • A new approach to intelligence assessment / Isaac Ben-Israel
  • In search of a new intelligence system : the British experience / Anthony Glees
  • Setting priorities in a world of changing threats / Richard J. Aldrich