Fixing Intelligence: For A More Secure America: Inscribed

Odom, William E.

ISBN 10: 0300099762 / ISBN 13: 9780300099768

Published by Yale University Press, U.S.A., 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fixing Intelligence: For A More Secure America: Inscribed
• Publisher: Yale University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300099762
• ISBN 13: 9780300099768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1ST.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

William E. Odom is the highest-ranking member of the United States Intelligence community ever to write a book outlining fundamental restructuring of this vast network of agencies, technology, and human agents. In the wake of 9/11, Odom has revised and updated a powerful critique he wrote several years ago for staffs of the U.S. congressional committee overseeing the vast American intelligence bureaucracy. His recommendations for revamping this essential component of American security are now available for general readers as well as for policymakers. While giving an unmatched overview of the world of U.S. intelligence, Odom persuasively shows that the failure of American intelligence on 9/11 had much to do with the complex bureaucratic relationships existing among the various components of the Intelligence Community. The sustained fragmentation within the Intelligence Community since World War II is part of the story; the blurring of security and intelligence duties is another. Odom describes the various components of American intelligence in order to give readers an understanding of how complex they are and what can be done to make them more effective in providing timely intelligence and more efficient in using their large budgets. He shows definitively that they cannot be remedied with quick fixes but require deep study of the entire bureaucracy and the commitment of the U.S. government to implement the necessary reforms.

About the Author

William E. Odom, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a professor (adjunct) at Yale University, is also the author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military, published by Yale University Press. General Odom s former positions include director of the National Security Agency and assistant chief of staff for intelligence in the U.S. Army.