Domestic Intelligence

Article

"Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties" by Kate Martin, SAIS Review, 
Volume 24, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2004.
 
The article demonstrates why proposals for a new domestic intelligence agency modeled on 
Britain's MI5 are ill-advised on both effectiveness and civil liberties grounds, and outlines
 a counter-terrorism approach that would facilitate information sharing while safeguarding 
civil liberties.
 

CNSS Letter to the WMD (Silberman-Robb) Commission

Letter to the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of 
Mass Destruction on Intelligence Activities in the U.S: Current Proposals and Risks to Civil Liberties 
(Feb. 15, 2005). 

This letter describes the CIA and Defense Department’s domestic intelligence authorities and why proposals 
to expand these authorities would be counterproductive to our national security and threaten a recurrence of
the intelligence abuses of the past.

Intelligence Failures before 9/11