Abstract

This chapter focuses on the first session of the Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995–1996. The chapter looks at the topics discussed during the session, including the political issues facing Washington, the search for a director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to replace James Woolsey, the restructuring of the intelligence community, the intelligence budget, improving human intelligence and counterintelligence, and the CIA. It also describes eleven task forces and the issues they were intended to address, including macro-organizational issues, military intelligence, imagery intelligence, liaison with foreign intelligence services, and intelligence personnel. Finally, it considers the commission's series of briefings to address the nuts and bolts of espionage.

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