Considering the Creation of a Domestic Intelligence Agency in the United States, 2009: Lessons from the Experiences of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
by Peter Chalk
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With terrorism still prominent on the U.S. agenda, whether the country's prevention efforts match the threat the United States faces continues to be central in policy debate. One element of this debate is questioning whether the United States should create a dedicated domestic intelligence agency. Case studies of five other democracies--Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK--provide lessons and common themes that may help policymakers decide. The authors find that* most of the five show more countries separate the agency that conducts domestic intelligence gathering from any arrest and detentio show lessMembers
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Peter Chalk is a policy analyst with the RAND Corporation Santa Monica, Calif. He is also associate editor of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and an adjunct professor with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
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- 363.28 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Public Safety - Police, Crime Investigation Police services Services of special kinds of security and law enforcement agencies
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- JK468 .I6 .C66 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration
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