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Initiated in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, have the reforms of the US intelligence enterprise served their purpose? What have been the results of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and a reorganized FBI? Have they helped to reduce blind spots and redundancies in resources and responsibilities . and to prevent misuses of intelligence and law enforcement? How did a disaster like the Snowden scandal happen? Darren Tromblay answers these questions in his thorough, often provocative, assessment of post–9/11 US domestic intelligence activities in the pursuit of national security

How is it that the FBI, a domestic intelligence agency, operates beyond the US borders? What role does the bureau play in emerging democracies? In what ways does it contribute to US diplomacy and global security? Darren Tromblay tackles these intriguing questions to assess the FBI's presence abroad, revealing the inextricable nature of domestic and foreign intelligence activities

Introduction -- Undiplomatic activities -- Cashing in : how foreign powers leverage hired U.S. proxies as intelligence intermediaries -- In search of a good cause for a bad reason -- Assaulting the ivory tower -- Skewing the presses : foreign manipulation of media -- Corrupting culture : foreign actors' exploitation of the U.S. melting pot ethos -- An un-fara-fight -- Conclusion

1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of the political context for intelligence in the domestic setting -- 3. Components of the domestically oriented intelligence enterprise -- 4. Integration by exigency -- 5. Human intelligence in the domestic setting -- 6. Communications intelligence -- 7. IMINT, FININT, and MASINT -- 8. Intelligence analysis of the domestic environment -- 9. Disruption of threat actors and the domestic environment -- 10. Conclusion.

Much has been written about U.S. intelligence operations. However, intelligence, as it is conducted in the U.S. domestic environment, has usually been treated in a fractured and sensationalistic manner. This book dispassionately assesses the U.S. domestically oriented intelligence enterprise by first examining its individual components and then showing how those components, both federal and non-federal, work in conjunction to form an often unacknowledged structure that is more than the sum of its parts. The U.S. Domestic Intelligence Enterprise: History, Development, and Operations takes a uni.