Jacom Stephens
The Incisive Fight: Recommendations for Improving Counterterrorism Intelligence
Book Chapter, Terrorism: What the Next President will Face: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 618, pages 133-147
July 2008
Author: Eric Rosenbach, Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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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.
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For Academic Citation:
Rosenbach, Eric. "The Incisive Fight: Recommendations for Improving Counterterrorism Intelligence." Chap. in Terrorism: What the Next President will Face: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, pages 133-147, 618, July 2008.
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