Politics and intelligence analysis: the Canadian experience

• Published in: Intelligence and national security Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 691 - 705
• Main Authors: Juneau, Thomas, Carvin, Stephanie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 29.07.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Civil service; Decision making; Geography; Information gathering; Intelligence; Intelligence gathering; National security; Partisanship; Policy making; Politicization; Politics; Transparency; Canada

Academic debate on the interplay between politics and intelligence is dominated by the U.S. experience. Our research, based on interviews with over sixty individuals in the Canadian intelligence and national security community and including political staffers, provides a new case study: that of Cana...