Accession Number:

ADA455815

Title:

Domestic Intelligence in the United Kingdom: Applicability of the MI-5 Model to the United States

Descriptive Note:

Congressional rept.

Corporate Author:

FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Masse, Todd

Report Date:

2003-05-19

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

Intelligence failures frequently lead to calls for reforms in the United States Intelligence Community to remedy what are real or perceived functional, procedural, regulatory, systemic, andor structural problems. While it can be debated whether the events of September 11, 2001 represent a tactical or strategic failure, it has been widely cited as a prima facie intelligence failure. One potential remedy that has been suggested in response to the events of September 11, 2001 is the establishment of a domestic intelligence agency akin to the British Security Service, also known as MI5. Some analysts maintain that because the British have had more experience with terrorism on their own soil and have a democratic form of government, there may be value in emulating the MI-5 organization and jurisdiction in the United States. During a recent visit to the United States, the British Home Secretary David Blunkett met with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and agreed to establish a Joint Anti-Terrorism Working Group, in part, to leverage the United Kingdom s antiterrorism experience.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
• UNITED STATES
• DOMESTIC
• COUNTERTERRORISM
• LEGISLATION
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
• UNITED KINGDOM
• HOMELAND SECURITY

Subject Categories:

• Military Intelligence

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE