Intelligence Oversight Revisited: Does CONUS Base Security Require a Change?

Abstract

This paper examined the changes in the terrorist threat in the United States (US) and questioned if these changes warrant a revision of intelligence oversight (IO) limitations on military counterintelligence (CI) agencies in order to provide greater security for military bases. The paper demonstrated that the terrorist threat in the United States increased. Using the Department of Defense (DoD) methodology to assess terrorist threat level and applying publicly available information, the terrorist threat in the US should be assessed as Medium. Most terrorism experts agree there will be a terrorist attack in the US in the future. Even taking into account the objections of the General Accounting Office, most experts agree that a terrorist group will employ weapons of mass destruction, probably in the US and possibly against the military. These two assumptions demonstrated that the risks of failing to prevent a terrorist attack are greater than ever.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA409306

Entities

People

  • Victor J. Valdez

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Antiterrorism
  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Open Source Intelligence
  • Personnel Management
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.