The dynamic of the security events poses an
overwhelming challenge for the decision makers’ political agenda and
priorities. The wide range of risks and the rhythm of the significant security
events determine a difficult enterprise for security theories. A scientific
analysis of the security evolutions entails a profound historical introspection
and an appropriate understanding of the security events with significant impact
over the global evolutions.
Probably in the next period of time, hundreds of
papers will be written regarding the period since 9/11. The aim of this paper
is to provide a perspective over the security context, and the intelligence
services activity over the last 15 years, period of time dramatically divided
by the unprecedented shock and suffering in the history from 9/11.
The reorganization of the Western Intelligence
Community was ordered as a result of the September 11th attacks and with future
counterterrorism efforts in mind. Specifically, the 9/11 terrorists exploited
the wall between the U.S.’s foreign and domestic intelligence collection
efforts, and yet the IRTPA and EO 12333 avoided the issue of how to best
integrate foreign and domestic intelligence while minimizing the threat to
civil liberties. This manner in which the Western Countries separates its
foreign and domestic intelligence collection is particularly exploitable by
terrorists and non-state actors–those currently posing one of the most serious
threats to international security. To ensure both the best intelligence
integration possible as well as the defense of civil liberties, clear and
sensible rules should be formed which dictate how intelligence from these two
spheres is collected and in what way and at what level it is integrated and
disseminated.
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