Backgrounder posted September 23, 2004 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D., Peter Brookes, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Edwin Meese III
What a Comprehensive Intelligence Bill Should Contain
Congress is considering a plethora of
recommendations to reform the U.S. intelligence community, a welter
of 15 federal agencies and departments charged with getting,
analyzing, and distributing information that will help get the
terrorists before they get us. As the findings of the
congressionally chartered 9/11 Commission make clear, few issues
are more…
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WebMemo posted January 10, 2003 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
U. S. Military Forces in Asia Maintain the Peace and AdvanceDemocracy
America's primary regional security interests are best served by
preserving the stability of Northeast Asia, an area plagued by war
for most of the past century.
Without an American military presence, deep historical
animosities and territorial disputes among Russia, China, Japan,
and the two Koreas would lead to a major race for military
dominance. A delicate…
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Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
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Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
Read more
Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
Read more
WebMemo posted May 28, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Let Congress Do Its Job and Protect the American People
This
week, Democrats, along with some Republicans on Capitol Hill,
called for an independent special commission of bipartisan
specialists to investigate the administration's handling of
intelligence warnings administered prior to September 11. It would
be a serious error to create a committee of this nature. President
Bush was correct in insisting that the House and…
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WebMemo posted May 28, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Let Congress Do Its Job and Protect the American People
This
week, Democrats, along with some Republicans on Capitol Hill,
called for an independent special commission of bipartisan
specialists to investigate the administration's handling of
intelligence warnings administered prior to September 11. It would
be a serious error to create a committee of this nature. President
Bush was correct in insisting that the House and…
Read more