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The National Security Council has several functions in the foreign policy formulation process. NSC is responsible for coordinating interagency policy efforts to assure coherent policy proposals and implementation; for generating policy proposals of its own; and for coordinating policy research projects. NSC also makes sure that proposals mesh with existing U.S. policy. In discharging its responsibilities the NSC staff works closely with officials of the Department of State and other government agencies. Two NSC staff members are concerned with Africa. One covers all countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the other is responsible for the Horn of Africa. These two staff members work closely together on policy questions concerning Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

The National Security Council has several functions in the foreign policy formulation process. NSC is responsible for coordinating interagency policy efforts to assure coherent policy proposals and implementation; for generating policy proposals of its own; and for coordinating policy research projects. NSC also makes sure that proposals mesh with existing U.S. policy. In discharging its responsibilities the NSC staff works closely with officials of the Department of State and other government agencies. Two NSC staff members are concerned with Africa. One covers all countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the other is responsible for the Horn of Africa. These two staff members work closely together on policy questions concerning Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

Table of Contents -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- About the Author -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Roadmap to a Hidden World -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- 1: National Security Intelligence -- The importance of national security intelligence -- Mysteries and secrets -- Central themes -- The intelligence missions -- The challenge of intelligence accountability -- This book's purpose -- The multiple dimensions of national security intelligence -- A holistic view of national security intelligence -- Intelligence as a cluster of organizations: the American experience -- Military intelligence agencies -- A flawed plan for U.S. intelligence -- Redesigning the leadership of American intelligence -- A revolving door at the office of the DNI -- A dream still on hold -- Notes -- 2: Intelligence Collection and Analysis -- The intelligence cycle -- Intelligence collection and the "Ints" -- The ongoing quest for better collection and analysis -- Notes -- 3: Covert Action -- Covert action as an intelligence mission -- The implementation of covert action -- The methods of covert action -- The ebb and flow of covert action -- A ladder of escalation for covert action -- Evaluating covert action -- Guidelines for covert action -- Notes -- 4: Counterintelligence -- The proper focus of counterintelligence as an intelligence mission -- The motivations for treason -- Catching spies -- CI tradecraft: security and counterespionage -- Secrecy and the state -- Counterintelligence and accountability -- Notes -- 5: Safeguards against the Abuse of Secret Power -- The evolution of safeguards against intelligence abuse in the United States -- A shock theory of intelligence accountability -- Key issues of intelligence accountability -- The roles played by lawmakers as intelligence supervisors