Democratic Control of Intelligence Services Containing Rogue Elephants

• Main Authors: Caparini, Marina, Born, Hans
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2007; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Ashgate
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 1989; Criminal Law & Practice; Democracy; Intelligence service; Management; National security; Public Policy; Secret service; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; World politics; Parliamentary Investigative Committee; Security Intelligence Review Committee; CSIS; Intelligence Oversight; Police Security Service; secret; body; Data Protection Ombudsman; security; oversight; Data Protection Commissioner; elephants; Norwegian Police Security Service; parliamentary; national; Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act; rogue; SIRC; agency; Government Bodies; Canadian Security Intelligence Service; NATO Membership; Security Intelligence; Top Secret; community; Military Intelligence; NSS; Military Intelligence Agencies; FISA; Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; Security Intelligence Agencies; UK Intelligence; Norwegian Intelligence Service; Intelligence Service; NATO Threat
• ISBN: 9780754642732; 0754642739
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315576442

The events of September 11, 2001 sharply revived governmental and societal anxieties in many democratic countries concerning the threats posed by terrorism, organized crime, the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction, and other complex security threats. In many countries, public discourse of subjects traditionally considered part of social policy, such as immigration and asylum, have been securitized, while intelligence services have been granted greater resources and expanded powers. This comprehensive volume discusses the various challenges of establishing and maintaining accountable and democratically controlled intelligence services, drawing both from states with well-established democratic systems and those emerging from authoritarian systems and in transition towards democracy. It adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach, identifying good practices to make security services accountable to society and its democratic representatives. The volume will engage both academics and practitioners in the discussion of how to anchor these vital yet inherently difficult to control institutions within a firmly democratic framework. As such, it has clear relevance for these concerned with the control and oversight of intelligence and security issues in many countries.