Report On Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq By U S Government Officials Were Substantiated By Intelligence Information Together With Additional And Minority Views

Author : John D. Rockefeller
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437906158

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Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U. S. Government Officials Were Substantiated by Intelligence Information Together with Additional and Minority Views by John D. Rockefeller Pdf

Assesses ¿whether public statements and reports and testimony regarding Iraq by U.S. Gov¿t. officials made between the Gulf War period and the commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom were substantiated by intelligence info.¿ The Committee reviewed 5 major policy speeches by Admin. officials regarding: the threats posed by Iraq, Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs, Iraqi ties to terrorist groups, and possible consequences of a U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Committee selected particular statements that pertained to 8 categories: nuclear weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons, weapons of mass destruction (generally), methods of delivery, links to terrorism, regime intent, and assessments about the post-war situation in Iraq.

Author : Roger Z. George,Harvey Rishikof
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626164413

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The National Security Enterprise by Roger Z. George,Harvey Rishikof Pdf

This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners’ insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security Council, the State and Defense Departments, the intelligence community, and the other critical government entities. The book explains how organizational missions and cultures create the labyrinth in which a coherent national security policy must be fashioned. Understanding and appreciating these organizations and their cultures is essential for formulating and implementing it. Taking into account the changes introduced by the Obama administration, the second edition includes four new or entirely revised chapters (Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Treasury, and USAID) and updates to the text throughout. It covers changes instituted since the first edition was published in 2011, implications of the government campaign to prosecute leaks, and lessons learned from more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. This up-to-date book will appeal to students of US national security and foreign policy as well as career policymakers.

Author : Daniel Baldino
Publisher : Federation Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1862877416

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Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services by Daniel Baldino Pdf

This book addresses the development, and the challenges and impediments, to democratic oversight and review of the intelligence community in Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, the US and UK. The promotion of democratic oversight of the intelligence community has gained renewed significance in the aftermath of 9/11.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015090381701

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Executive Accountability Act of 2009 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : UCR:31210022724049

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Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate Covering the Period ... by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050509988

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REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATE, COVERING THE PERIOD JANUARY 4, 2007 TO JANUARY 2, 2009, 111-1 SENATE REPORT 111-6 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marie Stacey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781440100246

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The Election of Ideologies by Marie Stacey Pdf

With Barack Obama chosen as the new President Elect, it is very important to become informed on the ideologies, mindsets, and beliefs that will guide Obama's Presidency and dominate his principles. My book explains information about the United States Government relevant to United States Citizens. I am an American and wish to uphold the ideals of freedom within the walls of the United States of America. Those values are very important to protect and uphold. True Conservatism is in revival mode in the United States right now, and I am one of many trying to resuscitate it. Conservatism is a unique and interesting branch of philosophy-based ideological preferences for the world, for government, and for society. While Conservatism is still a major contender in the political climate of any election in America, Conservatism needs a revival from the current constraints put on it by the Republican Party. I promote Conservatism of Capitalism, Freedom, Liberty, the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence. This book is written from that perspective and encompasses a viewpoint not generally portrayed on Television or in the mainstream. Americans, in the wake of an Obama Presidency, should yearn for more knowledge on the man that will guide our country for the next four years. Only with knowledge can we pursue goals. Everyone knows this. I bring facts into this book that have been discussed in very few other media outlets (the coverup going on only begins with Obama, it also encompasses the Democratic Congress who has failed to impose any substantial, helpful legislation).

Author : George C. Edwards III
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226822815

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Prisoners of Their Premises by George C. Edwards III Pdf

A timely look at the real costs of leaders not examining their assumptions. Why do accomplished and stable leaders frequently make calamitous decisions with devastating consequences for their countries—and other nations? We debate debacles such as the American involvement in Vietnam, seeking to understand why leaders pursued disastrous policies. In Prisoners of Their Premises, George C. Edwards III argues that the failure of leaders to examine their premises—the assumptions they make about the world and situation they are dealing with—cause them to ignore real problems or pursue policies that, in costly ways, deal with problems that are different than they think or simply don’t exist. Edwards looks at the role of premises in identifying (or ignoring) a problem in a series of case studies that range from strategic decisions in World War I and the Korean War to the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Too often, unexamined premises color initial decisions to pursue a policy and shape the strategies leaders employ to achieve their goals, with grave consequences for their countries, organizations, and potentially the world. Timely and important, Prisoners of Their Premises demonstrates the real costs leaders incur by failing to question their assumptions.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PURD:32754076785454

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Report on the Use by the Intelligence Community of Information Provided by the Iraqi National Congress by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence Pdf

Author : Peter L. Bergen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743278942

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The Longest War by Peter L. Bergen Pdf

At a critical moment in world history The Longest War provides the definitive account of the ongoing battle against terror. --Book Jacket.

Author : Elaine C. Kamarck
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815727804

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Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again by Elaine C. Kamarck Pdf

Failure should not be an option in the presidency, but for too long it has been the norm. From the botched attempt to rescue the U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter and the missed intelligence on Al Qaeda before 9-11 under George W. Bush to, most recently, the computer meltdown that marked the arrival of health care reform under Barack Obama, the American presidency has been a profile in failure. In Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again, Elaine Kamarck surveys these and other recent presidential failures to understand why Americans have lost faith in their leaders—and how they can get it back. Kamarck argues that presidents today spend too much time talking and not enough time governing, and that they have allowed themselves to become more and more distant from the federal bureaucracy that is supposed to implement policy. After decades of "imperial" and "rhetorical" presidencies, we are in need of a "managerial" president. This White House insider and former Harvard academic explains the difficulties of governing in our modern political landscape, and offers examples and recommendations of how our next president can not only recreate faith in leadership but also run a competent, successful administration.

Author : Austin Sarat,Nasser Hussain
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814739853

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When Governments Break the Law by Austin Sarat,Nasser Hussain Pdf

"While we think of the crimes of the Bush-Cheney Administration as lying somewhere in the past, the aggressive wars, warrantless spying, lawless imprisonment, and torture continue. This collection looks deeply into one likely way to end these crimes, namely enforcing the laws against them. Included are serious and informed voices both for and against prosecution."-David Swanson, author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union "This collection is indispensible for anyone who wishes to understand the challenges facing the United States as it seeks to restore the rule of law. It also provides invaluable insight into the profound damage caused by governments that use national security as an excuse for law-breaking."-Jonathan Hafetz, co-editor of The Guantanamo Lawyers The war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered pitch. While President Obama has repeatedly emphasized his Administration's commitment to transparency and the rule of law, nowhere has this resolve been so severely tested than with the issue of the possible prosecution of Bush Administration officials. While some worry that without legal consequences there will be no effective barrier to future instances of lawbreaking by government officials, others echo President Ohama's reluctance to launch an investigation into allegations of criminal wrongdoing. Using this debate as its jumping-off point, When Governments Break the Lau, takes an interdisciplinary approach to the legal challenges posed by the criminal wrongdoing of governments. This book is not an indictment of the Bush Administration; rather, the contributors take distinct positions for and against prosecution. By presuming that officials could be prosecuted, these essays address whether they should. Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. He is author or editor of more than seventy books, including When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition. Nasser Hussain is Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College. He is the author of The Jurisprudence of Emergency: Colonialism and the Rule of Law.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Legislative calendars
ISBN : MINN:31951P010908077

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Legislative Calendar by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050540892

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Legislative Calendar (Cumulative Record), S. Prt. 110-60, 110-1&2, February 2010 by Anonim Pdf

Author : John W. Dower
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393080476

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Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq by John W. Dower Pdf

Finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Nonfiction: The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns with a groundbreaking comparative study of the dynamics and pathologies of war in modern times. Over recent decades, John W. Dower, one of America’s preeminent historians, has addressed the roots and consequences of war from multiple perspectives. In War Without Mercy (1986), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, he described and analyzed the brutality that attended World War II in the Pacific, as seen from both the Japanese and the American sides. Embracing Defeat (1999), winner of numerous honors including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, dealt with Japan’s struggle to start over in a shattered land in the immediate aftermath of the Pacific War, when the defeated country was occupied by the U.S.-led Allied powers. Turning to an even larger canvas, Dower now examines the cultures of war revealed by four powerful events—Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, and the invasion of Iraq in the name of a war on terror. The list of issues examined and themes explored is wide-ranging: failures of intelligence and imagination, wars of choice and “strategic imbecilities,” faith-based secular thinking as well as more overtly holy wars, the targeting of noncombatants, and the almost irresistible logic—and allure—of mass destruction. Dower’s new work also sets the U.S. occupations of Japan and Iraq side by side in strikingly original ways. One of the most important books of this decade, Cultures of War offers comparative insights into individual and institutional behavior and pathologies that transcend “cultures” in the more traditional sense, and that ultimately go beyond war-making alone.