Countering Terrorism: Blurred Focus, Halting Steps (Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society) - Hardcover

Offer[s] clear, incisive, and informative presentations accessible to general readers concerned with U.S. governmental operations in matters of terrorism and counterterrorism. Highly recommended. * Library Journal * As Judge Posner's book ably demonstrates, reform of the U.S. Intelligence Community has a long way to go, notwithstanding the recent Intelligence Reform Act passed into law by the Congress. His analyses of 'three cultures' and the problems of domestic intelligence is especially outstanding. -- William E. Odom, Lieutenant General, USA, Retired, and former Director of the National Security Agency

In this third book of a series on intelligence reform, Judge Richard A. Posner evaluates the measures that have been taken in the last two years to implement the Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, which decreed a wholesale reorganization of the intelligence system. Countering Terrorism also addresses broader issues in the struggle against terrorism, such as the failure of criminal law enforcement and the difficulty of devising criteria for allocating counterterrorist funds.