Introduction: Learning from the secret past / David Omand
pt. 1. The organisation and oversight of intelligence
The post-war organization of intelligence : the January 1945 report to the Joint Intelligence Committee on "the Intelligence Machine" / Michael Herman
Document 1: The intelligence machine
"A formidable power to cause trouble for the government" : intelligence oversight and the creation of the UK Intelligence and Security Committee / Peter Gill
Document 2: Intelligence Services Bill
pt. 2. Political interference in intelligence
The Scott report : intelligence and the arms trade / Robert Dover
Document 3: Matrix Churchill Ltd. : export licence applications for Iraq, 25 September 1989
Political interference in the intelligence process : the case of Iraqi WMD / Mark Phythian
Document 4: The Butler report : Annex B: Intelligence assessment and presentation : from March to September 2002
pt. 3. Counterinsurgency and counterterrorism
Intelligence and counterinsurgency : the Malayan experience / Matthew Jones
Document 5: "The Special Branch Charter" : Directive No. 21, Director of Operations, Malaya, 24th April 1952
"A skeleton in our cupboard" : British interrogation procedures in Northern Ireland / Richard J. Aldrich
Document 6: Prisoner handling in interrogation centres in Northern Ireland : report by the intelligence co-ordinator
The value and limits of experience in the early years of the Northern Ireland troubles, 1969-1972 / Eunan O'Halpin
Document 7: Visit by Secretary JIC to Northern Ireland, 10-12 January 1972
pt. 4. Avoiding surprise
Suez and the threat to UK interests overseas Gill Bennett
Document 8: The threat to United Kingdom interests overseas, 18 October 1956
Oleg Penkovsky, British intelligence, and the Cuban Missile Crisis / Len Scott
Document 9: Cuba : threat posed by Soviet missiles, 26 October 1962
Document 10: CIA memo: Meeting No. 1 (London) at Mount Royal Hotel, 20 April 1961
Avoiding surprise : the Nicoll report and intelligence Analysis / Michael S. Goodman
Document 11: The Joint Intelligence Committee and warning of aggression
Lessons learned : what the history of British intelligence can tell us about the future / Robert Dover and Michael S. Goodman.
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