Fool me twice : : intelligence failure and mass casualty terrorism / / Thomas E. Copeland.

This study evaluates whether surprise and intelligence failure leading to mass casualty terrorism are inevitable. It explores the extent to which four factors – failures of public policy leadership, analytical challenges, organizational obstacles, and the inherent problems of warning information – c...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
:
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff eBook titles 2007
Physical Description:1 online resource (318 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 01155nam a2200313 a 4500
001 993582058004498
005 20200520144314.0
006 m o d |
007 cr un uuuua
008 070123s2007 ne ob 001 0 eng
015 |a GBA729293  |2 bnb 
016 7 |a 013716388  |2 Uk 
016 7 |a B0707867  |2 bccb 
019 |a 123375640 
020 |a 1-282-60197-0 
020 |a 9786612601972 
020 |a 90-474-4029-3 
024 7 |a 10.1163/ej.9789004158450.i-292  |2 DOI 
035 |a (CKB)2670000000011555 
035 |a (EBL)489418 
035 |a (OCoLC)593315379 
035 |a (SSID)ssj0000337782 
035 |a (PQKBManifestationID)11929332 
035 |a (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337782 
035 |a (PQKBWorkID)10293177 
035 |a (PQKB)11489765 
035 |a (MiAaPQ)EBC489418 
035 |a (OCoLC)80461491   |z (OCoLC)123375640 
035 |a (nllekb)BRILL9789047440291 
035 |a (Au-PeEL)EBL489418 
035 |a (CaPaEBR)ebr10372683 
035 |a (CaONFJC)MIL260197 
035 |a (PPN)174400772 
035 |a (EXLCZ)992670000000011555 
040 |a MiAaPQ  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c MiAaPQ  |d MiAaPQ 
041 |a eng 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a UB251.U6  |b C67 2007 
082 0 |a 363.325/163  |2 22 
100 1 |a Copeland, Thomas E. 
245 1 0 |a Fool me twice :  |b intelligence failure and mass casualty terrorism /  |c Thomas E. Copeland. 
260 |a Leiden ;  |a Boston :  |b Martinus Nijhoff,  |c c2007. 
300 |a 1 online resource (318 p.) 
336 |a text  |b txt 
337 |a computer  |b c 
338 |a online resource  |b cr 
490 0 |a Nijhoff eBook titles 2007 
500 |a Description based upon print version of record. 
546 |a English 
505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 1. Introduction /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 2. February 26, 1993: The World Trade Center /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 3. April; 19, 1995: Oklahoma City /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 4. June 25, 1996: Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 5. August 7, 1998: U.S. Embassies In Kenya And Tanzania /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 6. September 11,2001: The Twin Towers /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Chapter 7. Surprise, Again And Again /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Appendix . Government-Imposed Restrictions On Fbi Domestic Terrorism Investigations /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Bibliography /  |r T.E. Copeland --   |t Index /  |r T.E. Copeland. 
520 |a This study evaluates whether surprise and intelligence failure leading to mass casualty terrorism are inevitable. It explores the extent to which four factors – failures of public policy leadership, analytical challenges, organizational obstacles, and the inherent problems of warning information – contribute to intelligence failure. The study applies existing theories of surprise and intelligence failure to case studies of five mass casualty terrorism incidents: World Trade Center 1993; Oklahoma City 1995; Khobar Towers 1996; East African Embassies 1998; and September 11, 2001. A structured, focused comparison of the cases is made using a set of thirteen probing questions based on the factors above. The study concludes that while all four factors were influential, failures of public policy leadership contributed directly to surprise. Psychological bias and poor threat assessments prohibited policy makers from anticipating or preventing attacks. Policy makers mistakenly continued to use a law enforcement approach to handling terrorism, and failed to provide adequate funding, guidance, and oversight of the intelligence community. The study has implications for intelligence reform, information sharing, congressional oversight, and society’s expectations about the degree to which the intelligence community can predict or prevent surprise attacks. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-288) and index. 
650 0 |a Intelligence service  |z United States  |x Evaluation. 
650 0 |a Terrorism  |x Prevention. 
650 0 |a Bombings. 
776 |z 90-04-15845-6 
906 |a BOOK 
ADM |b 2024-08-03 13:59:51 Europe/Vienna  |f system  |c marc21  |a 2012-02-26 02:41:29 Europe/Vienna  |g false 
AVE |i Brill  |P EBA Brill All  |x https://eu02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/43ACC_OEAW/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&portfolio_pid=5343126370004498&Force_direct=true  |Z 5343126370004498  |b Available  |8 5343126370004498