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The Struggle to Reform Intelligence after 9/11
Author(s) -
Harknett Richard J.,
Stever James A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02409.x
Subject(s) - homeland security , national security , terrorism , agency (philosophy) , legislature , intelligence analysis , public administration , political science , united states national security agency , power (physics) , intelligence cycle , military intelligence , law , sociology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics
Two years after the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. This act aspired to replace a sprawling agency‐oriented intelligence apparatus with an integrated, networked intelligence community. The act envisioned a director of national intelligence who would accomplish sweeping structural reforms, while at the same time maintaining and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of intelligence operations. This vision has not materialized. The director of national intelligence does not have the power to implement structural reforms. Schisms between the legislature and the executive also hamper reforms.