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Getting The Balance Right: Is There A Trade-Off Between Security And Civil Liberties?

By admin | Fri 22 May 2009 at 17.28 PDT
Categories: Intelligence, International Relations, Terrorism | Tags: ,

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.

Is there a *rosy* future for ‘futures/blue skies thinking’ in overall strategic intelligence efforts?

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?

Why torture cannot be condoned in tackling terrorism

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.

Charles Vandepeer to speak at Oxford – 22 Jan 09

By admin | Mon 19 Jan 2009 at 17.15 PST
Categories: News | Tags: ,

“Intelligence Analysis as decision-making: A case study of the 2002 Bali Bombings”