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Bruce D. Berkowitz and Allan E. Goodman
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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.
“Authors Berkowitz and Goodman make a powerful argument that the US Intelligence Community faces a great challenge to reform itself substantially or be overcome by the forces of the information and technology revolution. . . . This book is an important addition to the literature on the future of American intelligence. It could provoke officials in the IC, the policymaking community, and the public at large to take a critical look at the structure, mission, and challenges facing American intelligence in the aftermath of the Cold War.”—Richard R. Russell, Studies in Intelligence
“An excellent study of America’s intelligence agencies and the challenges they face in the post-Cold War world, by two of the top scholars in the field.”—Loch K. Johnson, author of Secret Agencies
“Berkowitz and Goodman are pros at the intelligence business. Their proposals for updating the intelligence community are radical but anything less than radical won’t do.”—Leslie Gelb
“Berkowitz and Goodman know their subject and raise the right issues. An important look at intelligence in the information age.”—Joseph S. Nye, Dean of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy
“Most books on the intelligence community are about the past. This one is about the future. Integrating a profound knowledge of the US government, world affairs, and information technology, Berkowitz and Goodman brilliantly chart what the intelligence community must do to remain relevant in this decade of change.”—Kenneth W. Dam, Former Deputy Secretary of State
“Written by two intelligence officers-turned-academics, this slim volume calls for a sea change in both the culture and structure of the CIA. . . . Intended to be provocative, . . . this ‘manifesto for intelligence in the Information Age’ will surely spark debate among intelligence producers and consumers, and among interested academics. Graduate students through professionals.”—Choice
Publication Date: February 9, 2000
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