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Theoretical analysis of the Central Intelligence Agency's role and identity in the past and future. The national-rational theory and the political theory.

Analyzes the US Central Intelligence Agency in terms of individuals who do its work. Uses analyses of bureaucratic personalities and behavior developed by Anthony Downs.

Thomas reviews 'Killing Detente: The Right Attacks the CIA' by Anne Hessing Cahn.

Explains why there are so many questions regarding the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1990s by focusing on some key political variables. The international policy context, the Washington political and bureaucratic contexts, and unrealistic expectations.

'Strategic Assessment in War' by Scott Sigmund Gartner is reviewed.

Thomas reviews 'Secret Agencies: U.S. Intelligence in a Hostile World' by Loch K. Johnson.

Examines US presidential decision-making in the choice of Director of Central Intelligence, since the Truman administration.

THERE ARE 518 MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT(MEPs). Each of the twelve member states of the EuropeanCommunity (EC) has a specific number of MEPs, based onpopulation. As one of the larger member states, the UnitedKingdom, along with France, Germany, and Italy, has 81repre sent at ives.European Parliament (EP) elections are held every five yearsfor a fixed term. The Parliament is organized into blocs ofrepresentatives, which, in the traditional manner of multi-partyparliaments, span the ideological spectrum from left to right.There are continual adjustments in these coalitions, but generallythe 5 18 MEPs are divided into approximately ten groupings. The EP holds its plenary sessions in Strasbourg, and itsSecretariat is in Luxembourg. However, most of its substantivedeliberations are done by committees, which hold their sessions inBrussels. This, together with the ease of commuting andinherently greater appeal of Brussels, has made the Belgiancapital the usual reference point for the European Parliament,although the EP continues to have something akin to ageographical split personality.