Best Truth : Intelligence in the Information Age / Bruce D. Berkowitz, Allan E. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkowitz, Bruce D., Author.

Goodman, Allan E., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer security--United States.

Computer security.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.) : 9 b/w illus.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Confronted by the new challenges of the information age and the post-Soviet world, the U.S. intelligence community must adapt and change. And marginal change is not enough, the authors of this provocative book insist. Bruce D. Berkowitz and Allan E. Goodman call for fundamental, radical reforms in the organization and approach of America's intelligence agencies. They show why traditional approaches to intelligence fall short today, and they propose thoughtful alternatives that take into account recent changes in information technology and intelligence requirements.An information-age intelligence service would move away from a rigid, hierarchical structure toward a more fluid, networked organization, the authors explain. They recommend a system that would utilize the private sector-with its access to more capital and its ability to move more quickly than a government organization. At the same time, this system would encourage government intelligence operations to concentrate on the specialized, high-risk activities they are uniquely able to perform. Berkowitz and Goodman examine recent failures of the intelligence community, discuss why traditional principles of intelligence are no longer adequate, and consider the implications for such broad policy issues as secrecy, covert action, and the culture of the intelligence community.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

One. The Problem: Providing Intelligence in a Changing World

Two. Planning Intelligence Resources in the Information Age

Three. The Intelligence Process and the Information Revolution

Four. The Problem of Analysis in the New E ra

Five. Covert Action in the Information Age

Six. The Intelligence Culture and the Future

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300142891

0300142897

OCLC:

1024033167