Publication

2007 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-100231138881
  • ISBN-100231511132
  • LibraryThing3805948
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007003937
  • OCLC Control Number82471478
  • Better World Books9780231138888
  • Better World Books9780231511131
  • Open LibraryOL17848593M

Classifications

  • DDC327.1273
  • LCCJK468.I6 B44 2007
  • LCCJK468.I6B44 2007

Description

"Combining research with personal experience, Betts outlines strategies for better intelligence gathering and assessment. He describes how fixing one malfunction can create another; in what ways expertise can be both a vital tool and a source of error and misjudgment; the pitfalls of always striving for accuracy in intelligence, which in some cases can render it worthless; the danger, though unavoidable, of "politicizing" intelligence; and the issue of secrecy - when it is excessive, when it is insufficient, and how limiting privacy can in fact protect civil liberties."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Enemies of intelligence: knowledge and power in American national securityColumbia University Press2007-01-01

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