Failure of intelligence : the decline and fall of the CIA /

Goodman, Melvin A. 1938-

Failure of intelligence : the decline and fall of the CIA / Melvin A. Goodman. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2008. - vi, 394 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-374) and index.

The Central Intelligence Agency : organizing for intelligence -- Crimes of the Central Intelligence Agency -- Intelligence : the importance of success -- Intelligence : the consequences of failure -- The perils of politicization -- The CIA and the Soviet Union : success and failure -- The CIA and the threat of terrorism -- The 9/11 tragedy and the failure of strategic intelligence -- The Iraq War and the White House -- The Iraq War and the CIA -- The failure of congressional oversight -- DCIs and the decline and fall of the CIA -- What needs to be done?

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Intelligence service--United States.


United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

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