Ethical Guidelines in Using Secret Intelligence for Public Security

Bibliographic Data

ID12240297
AuthorsSir David Omand (King's College - North Carolina, corresponding author), Sir David Omand GCB
Year2006
Volume19
Issue4
Pages613-628
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Review of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0955-7571 • E-ISSN: 1474-449X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09557570601003338
OpenAlexW2095999470
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited6

Pre-emptive intelligence is seen as key to enabling the state to counter terrorism without alienating the minority communities from whom the terrorists hope to gain support. The international nature of jihadist terrorism is placing increasing demands on intelligence agencies to cooperate with new partners overseas and to extend their range of methods, human and technical, to acquire such intelligence. This pressure is creating ethical dilemmas for the agencies at a time when the methods of secret intelligence and their impact on individual rights are the subject of public controversy. This article discusses the implications of the requirement to produce and share actionable high-value intelligence, and suggests a set of ethical guidelines for the British intelligence community. These guidelines aim to help sustain public confidence in intelligence work and in the directions in which this work must develop in order to generate the pre-emptive intelligence needed for public security

Business · Computer security · Human intelligence · Intelligence analysis · Intelligence cycle · Military intelligence · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Security and Public Health · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Artificial Intelligence

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub