RAND Corporation calls for creation of domestic intelligence agency
by Some Government Propagandist
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United Kingdom has MI-5, which roots out spies and terrorists in the British Isles.
Canada has CSIS — the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Now Congress is asking: Should the U.S. have its own domestic intelligence agency?
On Monday, at the request of Congress, the RAND Corporation outlined the pros and cons of establishing a domestic intelligence agency. It also discussed different ways to organize a new entity, either as part of an existing department or as a new agency.
But there’s one thing you won’t find in the report — a recommendation on what to do.
“We were not asked to make a recommendation, and this assessment does not do so,” the report says.
Instead, says RAND’s Gregory Treverton, the report provides a “framework” for policymakers to use when deciding whether and how to reorganize counter-intelligence efforts at home.
RAND is a nonprofit think tank seeking to help improve policy and decision making through objective research and analysis.
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