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IN PRINT:
SPYING BLIND: THE CIA, THE FBI, AND THE ORIGINS OF 9/11
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Introduction | ||
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The Reality of Intelligence | ||
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Barriers to Reform | ||
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Combatting Terrorism in the Absence of Reform | ||
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Beauracratical Deficiencies | ||
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Left to right: Center for Global Affairs Divisional Dean Vera Jelinek, Gideon Rose, and Amy
B. Zegart
On Monday, September 24, 2007, New York University's Center for Global Affairs hosted Amy B. Zegart, associate professor of public policy, University of California, Los Angeles as part of its new public forum 'In Print.' This new series features leading authors and books on global affairs. Hosted by editors of Foreign Affairs, conversations with authors are followed by book signings and a light reception.
Zegart’s stunning new book, Spying Blind: The CIA, The FBI, and the Origins of 9/11, provides a scholarly examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. Prior to Spying Blind, those failures had been attributed largely to individual mistakes. Zegart’s work suggests that longstanding organizational weaknesses left unaddressed during the 1990s prevented the CIA and FBI from capitalizing on 23 opportunities to disrupt the September 11 plot.
In conversation with Gideon Rose, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, Amy credited the current administration with demonstrating improved vigilance. Zegart argued, however, that improved security would only come from reforming the organization of our current intelligence agencies and, in particular, addressing the FBI’s cultural resistance to change.
Copies of "Spying Blind" |
Amy signs a copy of "Spying Blind" |