Aldrich, Richard J. "Intelligence" in Williams, Paul D. Security Studies: an Introduction. p. 240.
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Pessimistic
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Richard Betts, 2007
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Policy-makers should simply revise their expectations
downwards, attributing current disappointment to unrealistic demands. Sees
intelligence as ‘tragic’
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Methodological
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Robert Jervis, 2010
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Too much has been expected of intelligence and partly for
this reason he argues that pre-emption is weak doctrine. Good political
science methods would help analysts avoid some of their more lamentable
errors.
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Optimistic
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Amy Zegart, 2007
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Meaningful reform is possible and has attributed recent
difficulties to a kind of institutional arteriosclerosis that obstructs
substantial change.
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Domestic
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Gregory Treverton, 2011
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Optimistic about structural change, but points out the
greatest challenge lie in the controversial area of domestic intelligence.
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Iconoclastic
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Dana Priest and Bill Arkin, 2011
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Argue that the expansion of intelligence and security
agencies has resulted in a sprawling and ineffective system that is both
unaccountable and unsustainable.
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