Richard Betts and Intelligence Reform

Richard Betts, Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American SecurityThe Washington Note recently cited Richard Betts’s newest book Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security for its impact on policymakers and legislators in Washington D. C.

Thomas Fingar, the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, favored Betts’s assessment of the challenges facing the intelligence community and possible reforms. Moreover, many of Betts’s ideas are part of Senators Russell Feingold (D-WI) and Chuck Hagel’s (R-NE) proposed legislation S. 3041, which would establish a non-partisan Foreign Intelligence Information Commission.

For more on Enemies of Intelligence: read an excerpt or listen to a podcast interview with Richard Betts.

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