17.908 Reading Seminar in Social Science: Intelligence and National Security, Fall 2005
Author(s)
Vickers, Robert
Alternative Title
Reading Seminar in Social Science: Intelligence and National Security
Date Issued
December 2005
Abstract
This course will examine the origins, structure and functions of the U.S. Intelligence Community and its relationship to national security policy. It will look in some detail at the key intelligence agencies and the functions they perform, including collection, analysis, counterintelligence and covert action. It will also look at some of the key intelligence missions, such as strategic warning, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, and counterinsurgency. Finally, it will examine some of the major controversies concerning intelligence, including its successes and failures, relationship to policymakers, congressional oversight, and the need for reform.
Subjects
Political science
natioanl security
origins
structure
functions
U.S.
Intelligence
Community
national security policy
intelligence agencies
collection
analysis
counterintelligence
covert action
strategic warning
counterterrorism
counterproliferation
counterinsurgency
controversies
policymakers
congressional oversight
reform
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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