Introduction: One of the Roughs a Hundred and Fifty Years On

Introduction: One of the Roughs a Hundred and Fifty Years On

In the wake of 9/11, there was a strong demand to find out why the intelligence community, the discreet but fundamental instrument of America’s foreign policy, had failed to prevent this catastrophe. Congress responded with the creation of an investigative commission. However, parents of the Septemb...

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Hoofdauteur: Athenot, Éric
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Gepubliceerd in: 2006
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spelling cairn-RFEA_108_0003RFEARevue française d’études américaines https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2006-2-page-3?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfea.108.0003 Introduction: One of the Roughs a Hundred and Fifty Years On Athenot, Éric2006 fre Revue française d’études américaines | 108 | 2 | 2006-09-01 | p. 3-6 | 0397-7870 RFEA_10812 In the wake of 9/11, there was a strong demand to find out why the intelligence community, the discreet but fundamental instrument of America’s foreign policy, had failed to prevent this catastrophe. Congress responded with the creation of an investigative commission. However, parents of the September 11th victims voiced their concerns that the investigation might not be independent enough. Eventually, an independent blue-ribbon panel was organized. This article shows that next to the executive and legislative bodies America’s civil society did play a part in the investigation as well as in the reform of intelligence.Cairn free access
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description In the wake of 9/11, there was a strong demand to find out why the intelligence community, the discreet but fundamental instrument of America’s foreign policy, had failed to prevent this catastrophe. Congress responded with the creation of an investigative commission. However, parents of the September 11th victims voiced their concerns that the investigation might not be independent enough. Eventually, an independent blue-ribbon panel was organized. This article shows that next to the executive and legislative bodies America’s civil society did play a part in the investigation as well as in the reform of intelligence.
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