Democratic Control of Intelligence Services Containing Rogue Elephants

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 discou...

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Main Authors Caparini, Marina, Born, Hans
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2007
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Ashgate
Edition1
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
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ISBN9780754642732
0754642739
DOI10.4324/9781315576442

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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figure -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- I: Introduction -- 1 Controlling and Overseeing Intelligence Services in Democratic States -- 2 The Need for Efficient and Legitimate Intelligence -- II: Reforms in Eastern Europe -- 3 Control and Oversight of Security Intelligence in Romania -- 4 Transformation of the Polish Secret Services: From Authoritarian to Informal Power Networks -- 5 Reforming the Intelligence Services in Bulgaria: The Experience of 1989-2005 -- 6 The Aftermath of 1989 and the Reform of Intelligence: The Czechoslovakian Case -- III: Reforms in the West -- 7 The United States Department of Defense Intelligence Oversight Programme: Balancing National Security and Constitutional Rights -- 8 Checks and Imbalances? Intelligence Governance in Contemporary France -- 9 Parliamentary Oversight of the Norwegian Secret and Intelligence Services -- IV: Parliamentarians -- 10 Parliamentary and External Oversight of Intelligence Services -- 11 The UK's Intelligence and Security Committee -- 12 Democratic and Parliamentary Accountability of Intelligence Services After 9/11 -- V: Data Protection -- 13 Public Oversight and National Security: Comparative Approaches to Freedom of Information -- 14 Reconciliation and Developing Public Trust in Hungary: Opening State Security Files -- VI: Conclusion -- 15 Intelligence Services: Strengthening Democratic Accountability -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z