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1 online resource (362 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Contents; 1 Toward the Comparative Study of National Security Commissions of Inquiry; 2 Influence without Power: Commissions of Inquiry and the Australian Intelligence Community; 3 Public Inquiries in Canada: Making Espionage, Organizational Culture, Wrongdoing, and Mass Murder More Transparent; 4 The Politics of Commissions of Inquiry into Security and Intelligence Controversies in Britain; 5 Inquiring into Dirty Wars: A "Huge Smokescreen of Humbug"?; 6 The Role of Judges; 7 The Politics of U.S. National Security Commissions |
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8 Investigative Oversight of the American Intelligence Community: Promise and Performance9 Commissions of Inquiry as Agents of Change in the Israeli Intelligence Community; 10 Legislative Commissions of Inquiry in Spain; 11 Cover Up or Dig Up? Inquiries into Security Services in Welfare States: The Cases of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; 12 Commissions of Inquiry in South Africa's Intelligence History 1960-2005; 13 Commissions of Inquiry into National Security and Defense Affairs in the Southern Cone: The Cases of Argentina and Chile |
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14 European Parliament and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Inquiries into Intelligence and Security Issues15 The United Nations Iraq Oil-for-Food Inquiry; 16 Inside a National Security Inquiry: The Aspin-Brown Commission at Work; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors |
Summary |
A number of high-profile commissions of inquiry have recently been announced or are already underway in a range of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Additionally, the events of the Bush and Blair administrations' "War on Terror" are expected to yield further controversial commissions of inquiry |
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Subject |
Governmental investigations.
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National security.
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Intelligence service.
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Governmental investigations
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Intelligence service
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National security
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Electronic book
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Author |
Phythian, Mark
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ISBN |
9780313384691 |
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031338469X |
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