This project centers on a rigorous qualitative analysis of investigative practice in four seminal congressional investigations of foreign intelligence — by the Pearl Harbor, Church, Pike, and Iran-Contra committees — that span the growth of intelligence operations and modern "na…
This volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee ('Church Committee') into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons for the current 'war on terror'. This report remains the most thorough public record of America's intelligen…
The great broadening -- The internal dynamics of the great broadening -- Crossing the legitimacy barrier -- Arcs and plateaus -- Dynamics of the great broadening -- Causes of the great broadening -- Causes of the great broadening: conventional explanations -- Causes of the great…
Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. During this period, the federal government extended its scope into policy arenas previously left to civil society or state and local government…
Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. During this period, the federal government extended its scope into policy arenas previously left to civil society or state and local government…