Feature articles in this theme:
By Jason Vest
02 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
How can we characterize the politicization of intelligence in the
Bush years? And what are the portents for the integrity of intelligence
in the Obama era? Before trying to answer those questions, it bears
noting that neither the intelligence cycle nor
the intelligence community has ever been immune from
politicization.
By Mark Lowenthal
02 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold
War added new transnational threats to the intelligence agenda. The result has been a growing complexity of collection problems
that, combined with constrained budgets and aging collection
systems, have left intelligence collection in a state of uncertain
transition.
By Richard Weitz
02 Feb 2009 |
World Politics Review
The changes to the U.S. intelligence community after the
September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States were perhaps the
most comprehensive in five decades. Although the reforms achieved
important progress in some areas, certain pre-9/11 difficulties have
persisted while new ones have arisen.