Who's watching the spies? : establishing intelligence service accountability / edited by Hans Born, Loch K. Johnson, Ian Leigh ; foreword by Theodor H. Winkler and Leif Mevik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Born, H. (Hans), 1964-

Johnson, Loch K., 1942-

Leigh, I. (Ian)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2005]

Summary:

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.

Three distinguished experts, 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.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction to Intelligence Accountability

1 More Closely Watching the Spies: Three Decades of Experiences / Ian Leigh 3

2 The Politicization of Intelligence: Lessons from the Invasion of Iraq / Peter Gill 12

3 Beyond the Nation State: The Influence of the European Court of Human Rights on Intelligence Accountability / Iain Cameron 34

Part 2 The Revolution in Intelligence Accountability

4 Governing in the Absence of Angels: On the Practice of Intelligence Accountability in the United States / Loch K. Johnson 57

5 Accountability of Security and Intelligence in the United Kingdom / Ian Leigh 79

6 Canada's Long Road from Model Law to Effective Oversight of Security and Intelligence / Stuart Farson 99

7 Intelligence and Accountability in a State without Enemies: The Case of Norway / Fredrik Sejersted 119

Part 3 The Spread of Intelligence Accountability

8 An Unresolved Game: The Role of the Intelligence Services in the Nascent Polish Democracy / Andrzej Zybertowicz 145

9 Executive and Legislative Oversight of the Intelligence System in Argentina / Eduardo E. Estevez 160

10 The Role of the Security Services in Democratization: South Korea's Agency for National Security Planning / Jonathan Moran 180

11 Controlling the Hydra: A Historical Analysis of South African Intelligence Accountability / Kevin O'Brien 199

12 Balancing Operational Efficiency and Democratic Legitimacy / Hans Born, Loch K. Johnson 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

157488896X

1574888978

OCLC:

57010051