The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (P.L. 103-359) created the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community. This bipartisan panel was charged with reviewing "the efficacy and appropriateness" of U.S. intelligence activities in the "post-cold war global environment" and with submitting a report of its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress. The Commission's report, "Preparing for the 21st Century: An Appraisal of U.S. Intelligence," was released on March 1, 1996. It addresses such issues as the size and secrecy of the intelligence budget; the organization of U.S. Intelligence Community; management of the CIA; covert action; economic intelligence; intelligence support to policy makers and military operations; space reconnaissance; "right-sizing" intelligence agencies; and oversight of intelligence.
Preparing for the 21st Century: An Appaisal of U.S. Intelligence (March 1, 1996)
Table of Contents |
| Dedication |
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| Preface |
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| Executive Summary |
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| Introduction |
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| Chapter 1. The Need to Maintain an Intelligence Capability |
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| Chapter 2. The Role of Intelligence |
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| Chapter 3. The Need For Policy Guidance |
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| Chapter 4. The Need for a Coordinated Response to Global Crime |
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| Chapter 5. The Organizational Arrangements for the Intelligence Community |
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| Chapter 6. The Central Intelligence Agency |
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| Chapter 7. The Need for an Effective Budget Structure and Process |
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| Chapter 8. Improving Intelligence Analysis |
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| Chapter 9. The Need to "Right-Size" and Rebuild the Community |
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| Chapter 10. Military Intelligence |
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| Chapter 11. Space Reconnaissance and the Management of Technical Collection |
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| Chapter 12. International Cooperation |
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| Chapter 13. The Cost of Intelligence |
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| Chapter 14. Accountability and Oversight |
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| Epilogue |
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| Additional Views of Senator John Warner |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Appendices |
| Appendix A. The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical Overview |
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| Appendix B. An Overview of the Intelligence Community |
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| Appendix C. List of Witnesses |
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| Appendix D. List of Interviews |
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| Appendix E. Authorizing Legislation |
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| Appendix F. Statutory Issue Cross Reference Index |
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| Appendix G. Biographical Information |
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Supplementary
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| Members of the Commission |
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| Transmittal Letters |
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