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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 618, No. 1,
133-147 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208316947
The Incisive Fight: Recommendations for Improving Counterterrorism Intelligence
Eric Rosenbach
The intelligence community has evolved significantly since the failures of 9/11 and the inaccurate assessments on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Congressional action has resulted in multiple far-reaching reforms and tectonic organizational shifts. On the strategic level, however, counterterrorism intelligence policy has been muddled during the past eight years. The Bush administration, for example, called on the intelligence community to "bolster the growth of democracy." The next president should cast aside political ideology and build on reform efforts to empower top-notch leaders. Strong new leaders in the intelligence community must energize the National Counterterrorism Center and provide the president with comprehensive and policy-relevant intelligence analysis. The United States cannot eliminate the global terrorist threat alone—the next president must boost cooperation with liaison security services. Finally, the intelligence community must bolster its operational capacity to find and detain terrorists around the world.
Key Words: intelligence • counterterrorism • leadership • national counterterrorism center • interrogation • surveillance • intelligence reform • intelligence analysis
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