Global Intelligence Oversight: Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century

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Zachary K. Goldman (Executive Director, Executive Director, New York University School of Law Center on Law & Security) Samuel J. Rascoff (Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, New York University School of Law; NYU School of Law Center on Law & Security)

Global Intelligence Oversight

Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century

Zachary K. Goldman (Executive Director, Executive Director, New York University School of Law Center on Law & Security), Samuel J. Rascoff (Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, New York University School of Law; NYU School of Law Center on Law & Security), The Honorable Jane Harman (Director, President, and CEO, Director, President, and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)

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Oxford University Press Inc
03 July 2016

Political structures: democracy; Defence strategy, planning & research; Security services; Military & defence law

In a world that is increasingly unstable, intelligence services like the American CIA and the United Kingdom's MI6 exist to deliver security. Whether the challenge involves terrorism, cyber-security, or the renewed specter of great power conflict, intelligence agencies mitigate threats and provide decisional advantage to national leaders. But empowered intelligence services require adequate supervision and oversight, which must be about more than the narrow (if still precarious) task of ensuring the legality of covert operations and surveillance activities.

Global Intelligence Oversight is a comparative investigation of how democratic countries can govern their intelligence services so that they are effective, but operate within frameworks that are acceptable to their people in an interconnected world. The book demonstrates how the institutions that oversee intelligence agencies participate in the protection of national security while safeguarding civil liberties, balancing among competing national interests, and building public trust in inherently secret activities.

It does so by analyzing the role of courts and independent oversight bodies as they operate in countries with robust constitutional frameworks and powerful intelligence services. The book also illuminates a new transnational oversight dynamic that is shaping and constraining security services in new ways. It describes how global technology companies and litigation in transnational forums constitute a new form of oversight whose contours are still undefined. As rapid changes in technology bring the world closer together, these forces will complement their more traditional counterparts in ensuring that intelligence activities remain effective, legitimate, and sustainable.

By: The Honorable Jane Harman (Director President and CEO Director President and CEO Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)
Edited by: Zachary K. Goldman (Executive Director Executive Director New York University School of Law Center on Law & Security), Samuel J. Rascoff (Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, New York University School of Law; NYU School of Law Center on Law & Security)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 699g
ISBN: 9780190458072
ISBN 10: 0190458070
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 03 July 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zachary K. Goldman is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security and an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. He previously served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. His research interests focus on the law of intelligence, cybersecurity, financial sanctions, and U.S. national security strategy. Samuel J. Rascoff is a Professor of Law at New York University School of Law and the Faculty Director of the Center on Law and Security. He writes and teaches in the areas of national security law and administrative law. He previously served as a law clerk to Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court and as Director of Intelligence Analysis in the New York City Police Department.

Reviews for Global Intelligence Oversight: Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century

""The scholarship on display is impressive...those conversations, and the proposals that came out of them, enrich this dialogue in actionable ways. No one gets the final word on intelligence - but the contributions in this book make for a much better public debate."" (From the Preface) The Honorable Jane Harman Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars