Intelligence and State Surveillance in Modern Societies

An International Perspective

Frederic Lemieux

Emerald

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9781787691728

16 November 2018

$110.99

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Often described as ‘two solitudes’, law enforcement and national security intelligence agencies engage in intensive collaboration to address both international and domestic threats. This situation has blurred the lines between interior and exterior security; common crime and crime against the state; civil liberties, privacy, and intrusive surveillance activities; strategic national security intelligence and operational military intelligence requirements.

National and local law enforcement agencies now conduct intelligence operations against international terrorist groups while national security intelligence organizations infiltrate organized crime and intercept citizens’ communications on a daily basis. Other important trends are reshaping the state’s surveillance and intelligence apparatus in modern societies, including the use of cyberspace for information collection, the expansion of surveillance technology penetrating citizens’ everyday life, and the rise of the private sector as a primary surveillance facilitator or third party in national security intelligence collection and dissemination.

This book will be of interest to those seeking to understand the intelligence environment in modern times, providing a broad understanding of current and emerging issues related to intelligence activities and offers a unique way of thinking about contemporary challenges in this field.

Nature and Structure of Intelligence: An Introduction Chapter 1. Intelligence Knowledge Management Chapter 2. National Security Intelligence in the Five Eyes Countries Chapter 3. Toward A Convergence? Militarization of Intelligence and State Surveillance Chapter 4. Criminal Intelligence Chapter 5. Intelligence-Led Policing Model: Global Diffusion and Cultural Distinctions Chapter 6. Cyber Threats, Intelligence Operations and Mass Surveillance Chapter 7. Intelligence and Surveillance Technologies Chapter 8. The Rise of the Private Intelligence Sector Chapter 9. Ethical and Legal Challenges in the New Age of Surveillance

This detailed yet jargon-free overview for scholars and advanced students will also be of interest to other readers with a basic understanding of intelligence operations and international affairs. The book explains the contemporary intelligence environment, in which collaborating national and local agencies use surveillance and intelligence to fight crime and terrorism. An introductory chapter gives a historical overview, points to differences between domestic and foreign intelligence, and outlines five intelligence domains. The rest of the book deals with the militarization of intelligence and state surveillance, the global growth of the intelligence-led policing model, intelligence and surveillance technologies, and the private intelligence sector. One chapter is devoted to ethical issues such as privacy, civil liberties, and information leaks. B&w diagrams and summary charts are included. Author Frederic Lemieux is faculty director of Georgetown University's Master's in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management.
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Frederic Lemieux is Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master’s in Applied Intelligence and Cybersecurity Risk Management at Georgetown University, USA. He has published extensively in the field of national security intelligence, criminal intelligence, policing, homeland security and cybersecurity, and his recent publications include Current and Emerging Trends in Strategic Cyber Operations: Policy, Strategy and Practice and International Police Cooperation: Emerging Issues, Theory and Practice.