Author: Thomas C. Bruneau | Journal of Democracy

Thomas C. Bruneau teaches in the Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The views expressed in this essay are the authors’ alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Navy or the U.S. government.

July 2006, Volume 17, Issue 3

Reforming Intelligence: Democracy and Effectiveness

Steven C. Boraz
Thomas C. Bruneau

Reforming national intelligence communities is a critical, if often overlooked, task facing democratizing countries. Happily, intelligence agencies brought under civilian, democratic control may also becomes better at their core job of protecting free nations from deadly threats.