Preventing Surprise Attacks Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11

Name: Preventing Surprise Attacks Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11
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ISBN: 9780742549470

ISBN-10: 074254947X

ISBN-13: 9780742549470

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard A. Posner

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Posner discusses the uttter futilty of this reform act in a searing critique of the 9/11 Commission, its recommendations, congress's role in making law, and the law's inabililty to do what it is intended to do.

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 226
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.28" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.



Preface


Introduction



From the 9/11 Commission's Report to the Intelligence Reform Act



The Commission's Organizational Recommendations



The Congressional Response



Toward the Optimal Organization of the U.S. Intelligence System



The History and Anatomy of Successful Surprise Attacks



The Principles of Intelligence



The Principles of Organization



Lessons from the Organization of Intelligence in Other Countries


Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?


Index