Eyes on Spies Congress and the United States Intelligence Community

Name: Eyes on Spies Congress and the United States Intelligence Community
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ISBN: 9780817912840

ISBN-10: 0817912843

ISBN-13: 9780817912840

Edition: 2011

Authors: Amy B. Zegart

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WHY CONGRESS'S BIGGEST INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT PROBLEMS LIE WITH ...CONGRESSTen years after 9/11, the least reformed part of America's intelligence system is not the CIA or FBI but the US Congress. InEyes on Spies, Amy Zegart examines the weaknesses of U.S. intelligence oversight and why those deficiencies have persisted, despite the unprecedented importance of intelligence in today's environment. She argues that many of the biggest oversight problems lie with Congress—the institution, not the parties or personalities—showing how Congress has collectively and persistently tied its own hands in overseeing intelligence.Supporting sound logic with extensive data, the author offers a comparative…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Amy B. Zegart is associate professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of "Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC".