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"Domestic intelligence in the United States today is undermanned, uncoordinated, technologically challenged, and dominated by an agency-the FBI-that is structurally unsuited to play the central role in national security intelligence. Despite the importance of domestic intelligence to national security, it is the weakest link in the U.S. intelligence system. In Remaking Domestic Intelligence, Richard A. Posner explains the dangerous weaknesses undermining our domestic intelligence and offers a solution: the creation of a domestic intelligence agency that would be separate from the FBI and have no law enforcement authority or responsibility."--Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction to the Hoover Classics Edition -- Prefatory Note to the Original Edition -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The "Agency within an Agency" Solution -- 3. A Better Solution -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Mission Statement of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service1 -- Index.

Since September 11 (2001), domestic intelligence authorities & technical capabilities have been expanded to fight terrorism. There are calls to substitute an "intelligence" paradigm for a "law enforcement" paradigm in domestic counterterrosim efforts & proposals to establish a new domestic intelligence agency. While better information & analysis is needed to fight terrorism, there is reason to fear that transforming domestic counterterrorism primarily into an intelligence matter is unlikely to appreciably increase security, but will seriously threaten civil liberties. This article outlines an alternative approach that will serve to obtain the intelligence necessary to prevent catastrophic attacks without compromising civil liberties. Adapted from the source document.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Intermittence To Permanence -- 3. The FBI in Cold War and Social Turbulence -- 4. Other Domestic Intelligence Operations -- 5. Covert Techniques -- 6. Is Domestic Intelligence Unconstitutional? -- 7. The Dangers and the Needs: Weights in the Balance -- 8. Further Reform? -- Notes -- Index

Historical overview; roles of the Congress and the president in implementing FBI directives and formulating Bureau policy.