Essays debate the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in national security, covering such topics as their use of torture on suspects, the way it gathers and analyzes intelligence information, and the future of the agency.
1. The CIA: An Overview
2. The CIA Tortures Prisoners in the War on Terror
3. The CIA Kidnaps Suspects and Sends Them to Third Countries to Be Tortured
4. The CIA's Treatment of Terrorism Suspects in the War on Terror is Justified
5. The CIA Politicized Evidence About Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq
6. The CIA Did a Poor Job of Gathering Intelligence about WMDs in Iraq
7. The American Intelligence System Needs Serious Reform
8. The CIA Should Change the Way It Analyzes Intelligence
9. The CIA Should Reform Its Clandestine Service
10. The CIA Should Implement Modest Reforms, Not a Massive Overhaul
11. The CIA Should Be Consolidated with Other U.S. Intelligence Agencies
12. The CIA Should Remain an Independent Agency
13. The CIA Should Be Abolished