00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862177667 Buklod 20190917151009.0 g||| | || || ta 190917s2015 nyu rb |||1 u|eng d 9781107042476 (hardback) (iLib)UPBAG-00034695597 DLC BAG rda eng JK 468 I6 L47 2015 Lester, Genevieve 1973- author. When should state secrets stay secret? accountability, democratic governance, and intelligence Genevieve Lester. New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2015. xii, 239 pages 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. An analytical approach : intelligence, accountability and oversight -- Organizing secrecy : the CIA and institutional control -- External accountability : the development of congressional oversight -- Congress and oppositional oversight -- An independent judiciary? : the domestic implications of intelligence and the politics of secret oversight -- Conclusions and adapting mechanisms for the future. "Contrary to popular assumption, the development of stronger oversight mechanisms actually leads to greater secrecy rather than the reverse. When Should State Secrets Stay Secret? examines modern trends in intelligence oversight development by focusing on how American oversight mechanisms combine to bolster an internal security system and thus increase the secrecy of the intelligence enterprise. Genevieve Lester uniquely examines how these oversight mechanisms have developed within all three branches of government, how they interact, and what types of historical pivot points have driven change among them. She disaggregates the concept of accountability into a series of specified criteria in order to grapple with these pivot points. This book concludes with a discussion of a series of normative questions, suggesting ways to improve oversight mechanisms based on the analytical criteria laid out in the analysis. It also includes a chapter on the workings of the CIA to which a number of CIA officers contributed."--Publisher's description. Intelligence service United States. Legislative oversight United States. Disclosure of information United States. Official secrets United States. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN JK 468 I6 L47 2015 Book