Author Archive
By admin | Fri 22 May 2009 at 17.28 PDT
Categories: Intelligence, International Relations, Terrorism | Tags: civilliberties, Omand
In this article, Benedict Wilkinson asks whether a ‘false opposition’ exists between security and civil liberties. He assesses arguments as to whether civil liberties and security are bound up in ‘zero-sum’ game in which the former must be sacrificed for the latter, and he argues for an Expanded Criminal Justice Model as a more effective response to the security threats we face.
By admin | Fri 8 May 2009 at 16.14 PDT
Categories: Intelligence
Calculating the ‘costs and benefits’ of undertaking ‘futures and blue skies thinking’ in overall strategic intelligence efforts is highly challenging. Here, perhaps we are talking more about the ‘qualitiative’ or ‘artistic’ domain of intelligence, rather than the ‘quantitative’ or ’scientific’ dimensions of intelligence?
By admin | Thu 5 Mar 2009 at 13.24 PST
Categories: Intelligence, Terrorism
Luke Norris, a Rhodes Scholar, recent graduate from Oxford University and J.D. candidate at Yale Law School, gives an American perspective on why torture, as a method of tackling terrorism, in fact undermines core American values.
By admin | Mon 19 Jan 2009 at 17.15 PST
Categories: News | Tags: lectures, oxford
“Intelligence Analysis as decision-making: A case study of the 2002 Bali Bombings”