In recent years, various revelations about government malfeasances have highlighted the
vulnerability of civil society actors who work on surveillance by intelligence agencies …

Despite its common usage, the meaning of 'democratic'in democratic intelligence oversight
has rarely been spelled out. In this article, we situate questions regarding intelligence …

The issue of the oversight of intelligence and security services is playing an increasing role
in the debate on global security issues both among specialists and the broader public …

This chapter continues and expands on the mapping of Intelligence Studies literature
initiated in the introduction chapter. Here, however, the focus lies on the way in which …

A case study of both public and non-public debate on civil and military intelligence laws in
Finland examined policy documents, news coverage, and interviews with key elite …

To an ever-increasing extent, law enforcement agencies work with and rely on information
obtained and passed to them by intelligence services. However, in comparison to the police …

Since 9/11, normalisation of surveillance activities in the name of national security has
become a norm and civilians are constantly subjected to some form of monitoring. This …

Exploring how intelligence professionals view accountability in the context of twenty-first
century politics How can democratic governments hold intelligence and security agencies …

Newspapers started publishing US National Security Agency (NSA) files in June 2013, as a
result of Edward Snowden's declaration that he wanted to start a debate on the current drive …

There could scarcely be a more appropriate time than the present to address the issue of
oversight of security and intelligence services. In the wake of the events of September 11 …