Backgrounder posted September 23, 2004 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D., Peter Brookes, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Edwin Meese III
What a Comprehensive Intelligence Bill Should Contain
Congress is considering a plethora of
recommendations to reform the U.S. intelligence community, a welter
of 15 federal agencies and departments charged with getting,
analyzing, and distributing information that will help get the
terrorists before they get us. As the findings of the
congressionally chartered 9/11 Commission make clear, few issues
are more…
WebMemo posted January 10, 2003 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
U. S. Military Forces in Asia Maintain the Peace and AdvanceDemocracy
America's primary regional security interests are best served by
preserving the stability of Northeast Asia, an area plagued by war
for most of the past century.
Without an American military presence, deep historical
animosities and territorial disputes among Russia, China, Japan,
and the two Koreas would lead to a major race for military
dominance. A delicate…
Backgrounder posted October 18, 2002 by Balbina Hwang, Ph.D., Larry Wortzel, Ph.D., Baker Spring
North Korea and the End of the Agreed Framework
North Korea's admission that it has been conducting
a major clandestine nuclear weapons development program for the
past several years was no surprise to the Bush Administration and
others who have long deemed the North Korean regime as
untrustworthy. While Pyongyang may have been trying to strengthen
its negotiating position to extract concessions from…
Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
Executive Memorandum posted August 23, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Creating an Intelligent Department of Homeland Security
The proposed Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) cannot be effective without an intelligence
mechanism to identify real threats against the United States. While
both the House and Senate homeland security bills (H.R. 5005 and S.
2452) would create an intelligence section within DHS to
integrate information and analyses about potential terrorist
threats, neither version is ideal. They…
WebMemo posted May 28, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Let Congress Do Its Job and Protect the American People
This
week, Democrats, along with some Republicans on Capitol Hill,
called for an independent special commission of bipartisan
specialists to investigate the administration's handling of
intelligence warnings administered prior to September 11. It would
be a serious error to create a committee of this nature. President
Bush was correct in insisting that the House and…
WebMemo posted May 28, 2002 by Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
Let Congress Do Its Job and Protect the American People
This
week, Democrats, along with some Republicans on Capitol Hill,
called for an independent special commission of bipartisan
specialists to investigate the administration's handling of
intelligence warnings administered prior to September 11. It would
be a serious error to create a committee of this nature. President
Bush was correct in insisting that the House and…
Backgrounder posted April 8, 2002 by Jack Spencer, Larry Wortzel, Ph.D.
The Role of the National Guard in Homeland Security
For
the United States, the nature of warfare changed drastically on
September 11, 2001, when the homeland became a major theater of
war. Americans quickly realized that the nation's enemies are not
only willing but also able to strike them at home with a myriad of
unthinkable means to create massive loss…