Mid Term Quiz American policy

20Jan 2022 by

What was the primaryresult of the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Actof 2004?

Which threeimportant institutions were created by the National Security Act of 1947 andremain important to national security today?

 
Which Department ofDefense official has primary management oversight responsibility over theintelligence agencies falling under DOD?

What was the primary factor that led theIntelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act to be nearly derailed andultimately diluted in the course of Congressional negotiations finalizing thelaw?

What relationshipdetermines how much influence can be exerted by the National SecurityAdvisor?  The Director of National Intelligence?
 
Read the articleConflict in the Balkans posted on Blackboard.  Which of the analyticframeworks discussed in class or combination of elements of differentanalytic frameworks presented in class best explains why the United Statespursued the Balkans policy it did?  Explain
 
To what extent is theU.S. intelligence community a strong, centralized intelligence system reportingdirectly to the President (as contemplated by OSS founder Bill Donovan)? To what extent is the US Intelligence Community different from the strong,centralized model?
 
What was thesignificance to national security policy formulation and implementation ofcreating the White House Situation Room?
 
Why doPresidents often prefer to rely on the National Security Council staff ratherthan Cabinet agencies in developing and implementing national securitypolicy?  What power does the NSC staff have over national securitydepartments/agencies?
 
What is theNIPF?  How does it work?  How is it an improvement over pastintelligence priorities systems.  (NOTE:  Your answer must beunclassified.  Although the contents of the NIPF are classified, the waythe NIPF functions was covered in unclassified readings).
 
 
What is onereason there is often tension between policymakers and intelligenceofficials?  How do their outlooks differ?
 
 
How didPresident Kennedy change the nature of the National Security Councilstaff?  What did this mean for the NSC system?
 
What are the five key purposes of the Nationalsecurity Strategy?  In what ways do critics of the National SecurityStrategy believe this strategy frequently falls short?
 
What are threemajor functions of the NSC staff?
 
What is the difference between the National Security Council and the PrincipalsCommittee?  What interagency bodies are typically subsidiary bodies of thePrincipals Committee?
 
There is a debate in the Intelligence Communityabout whether intelligence analysts should be distant (Kent school) orproximate (Gates school) to policymakers.  Briefly describe the primaryadvantage and disadvantage of each approach.
 
What are the three major reasons George andRishikof believe fundamental reform of the  National Security Enterpriseis necessary?
 
Why does Gelbbelieve that it is very difficult for the Intelligence Community to deliver theinformation Presidents want?
 
In what ways is the Senate Select Committee onIntelligence structured differently from the House Permanent Select Committeeon Intelligence?
 
For a Senator or Representative there are pros and cons to serving on anintelligence committee.  What are these pro and cons?