Focus on Intelligence Issues

The US Intelligence Community continues to adjust to the 21st Century environment. In the post-Cold War world, terrorism, narcotics trafficking and related money laundering are perceived both as criminal matters and as threats to the nation’s security. Priority continues to be placed on intelligence support to military operations and on involvement in efforts to combat transnational threats, especially international terrorism. Growing concerns about transnational threats are leading to increasingly close cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement agencies. This book presents well thought-out analyses of the most urgent issues in the intelligence community.