Rethinking Intelligence

Four Functions the Intelligence Community Should Rethink

The pandemic and new challenges abroad require change.

  • Letitia A. Long, Government Business Council

Why Doesn’t the Intelligence Community Care Whether Its Surveillance Programs Work?

The new cybersecurity bill joins a long list of efforts launched without adequate thought.

  • Michael German

Why the FBI Needs To Protect Its Intelligence Whistleblowers

The FBI director says that whistleblowers are 'critical' to democracy, but the Justice Department doesn’t protect intelligence whistleblowers.

  • Michael German

Hold Your Fire: The Intelligence Community’s Problem With Privacy Officers

They are routinely called terrorists, but they are the Intelligence Community’s own privacy watchdogs and they deserve respect.

  • Michael German

The US Intelligence Community Is Bigger Than Ever, But Is It Worth the Cost?

The intelligence community has grown to an enormous size and Americans have no clue what they’re paying for.

  • Michael German

Our Overreaction to Terrorist Attacks Like Paris Is Only Making Things Worse

The terrorists’ goal is to spread irrational fear. Our intelligence professionals shouldn’t be helping them. By Michael German

  • Michael German

Secretive Private Intelligence Contractors Need Better Oversight

The capacity for secrecy gets even deeper in the private sector – too deep. By Michael German

  • Michael German

Why Police Spying On Americans Is Everyone’s Problem

The militarization on display in Ferguson is nothing compared to the law enforcement intelligence drift you can’t see. By Michael German

  • Michael German

The US Needs a New Church Committee

Two Church Committee staffers say “inadequate” intelligence oversight today needs bolstering. By Michael German

  • Michael German

How the Intelligence Community Can Move Beyond the Torture Report

The fallout from the Senate's torture report will continue for years. Will the Intelligence Community be able to hold itself accountable for its past crimes? By Michael German

  • Michael German