Espionage and Intelligence
Espionage and Intelligence | Granting Intelligence Agencies Increased Powers to Fight Terrorism Does Not Threaten Civil Liberties
About the author: Viet D. Dinh is assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice. Before government service, Dinh was a professor and the deputy director of Asian Law and Policy Studies at the Georgetown University Law Center.
The core meaning of . . . [the] concept [of ordered liberty] is profoundly relevant to our current war against terror. Some have suggested that the actions we have taken to prosecute that war are a threat to liberty; others defend those actions as vital to the preservation of our liberty. I seek today to mediate these opposing viewpoints by...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Justified?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- CIA Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Are Justified
- Brutal Interrogation Techniques May Be Necessary to Gather Valuable Intelligence
- Covert Operations Are Corrupt and Immoral
- Using Drug Money to Finance CIA Activities Is Wrong
- Polygraph Testing to Prevent Espionage at Nuclear Weapons Labs Undermines Security
- Espionage Tactics That Misinform the American Public Are Corrosive
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Chapter 2: Should the United States Reform Its Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Methods?
- Intelligence Reforms: An Overview
- The United States Should Reform Its Intelligence- Gathering Methods
- The FBI Must Improve Its Counterespionage Strategies
- Improved Surveillance and Information Sharing Is Necessary to Protect America Against Terrorists
- U.S. Intelligence Agencies Must Curb Their Reliance on Surveillance Technology
- The U.S. Intelligence Community Must Develop More Human Intelligence to Combat Terrorism
- CIA Intelligence-Gathering Methods Have Been Successful in Fighting Terrorism
- Counterespionage Reforms at U.S. Intelligence Agencies Are Unnecessary
- The CIA Should Not Become Involved in Direct Combat Operations
- Tighter Controls to Prevent Espionage at U.S. Research Laboratories Are Harmful
- Creating a Defense Department Intelligence Czar Could Bias Intelligence Gathering
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Chapter 3: Do Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Activities Violate Civil Liberties?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Granting Intelligence Agencies Increased Powers to Fight Terrorism Threatens Civil Liberties
- The Total Information Awareness System Violates Privacy Rights
- Secret Review Courts Foster Violations of Civil Liberties
- Expanding FBI Intelligence-Gathering Powers Will Violate Civil Liberties
- Intelligence Gathering to Prevent Economic Espionage Violates Civil Liberties
- Granting Intelligence Agencies Increased Powers to Fight Terrorism Does Not Threaten Civil Liberties
- The Total Information Awareness System Does Not Violate Privacy Rights
- Secret Review Courts Do Not Foster Violations of Civil Liberties
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Chapter 4: What Challenges Will the Espionage and Intelligence-Gathering Community Face in the Twenty-First Century?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Changing Nature of Warfare Requires New Intelligence-Gathering Techniques
- Emerging Terrorist Threats Require New Spying Strategies
- U.S. Counterintelligence Methods Must Be Improved
- Digital Spies Pose a Serious Threat to National Security
- Globalization Is Making It Easier for Foreign-Born Citizens to Spy on the United States
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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