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Author Elliff, John T

Title The reform of FBI intelligence operations / John T. Elliff ; written under the auspices of the Police Foundation
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1979

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 248 pages)
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER I Introduction: The Reform of FBI Intelligence -- CHAPTER II The Policy Debate -- CHAPTER III Development of the Attorney General's Guidelines -- CHAPTER IV Reorganization of FBI Domestic Security Operations -- CHAPTER V Domestic Security and Terrorism Investigations -- CHAPTER VI Foreign Counterintelligence Investigations -- CHAPTER VII Professional Responsibility -- CHAPTER VIII Conclusion -- APPENDIX I Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI Domestic Security Investigations, March 10, 1976 -- APPENDIX II Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI Reporting on Civil Disorders and Demonstrations Involving a Federal Interest, March 10, 1976 -- APPENDIX III Draft Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI White House Personnel Security and Background Investigations, March 10, 1976 -- APPENDIX IV Attorney General's Guidelines for FBI Use of Informants in Domestic Security, Organized Crime, and Other Criminal Investigations, December 15, 1976 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Names -- General Index -- Backmatter
Summary Acts of terrorist violence and foreign espionage may pose a serious threat to the security of the United States; yet recent disclosures demonstrate the great risk in giving an agency such as the FBI unlimited authority for gathering intelligence about terrorists and spies. Taking into account the findings and recommendations of the post-Watergate inquiries into FBI operations, John Elliff analyzes the legal and policy questions posed by a ""security police"" in a nation committed to constitutional government and the rule of law. The author draws on his experience both as principal consultan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SUBJECT United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation fast
Subject National security -- United States.
Intelligence service -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- General.
Intelligence service
National security
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Police Foundation (U.S.)
ISBN 9781400868193
140086819X