The application of human intelligence in counterterrorism
dc.contributor.advisor | Bercuson, David Jay | |
dc.contributor.author | Shepherd, Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-18T21:50:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-18T21:50:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.description | Bibliography: p. 110-116 | en |
dc.description.abstract | After the attacks of 11 September 2001, a number of people began calling for an expansion of the human intelligence (HUMINT) resources of American security intelligence agencies. Few writers seem to have given much thought, however, to whether or not traditional methods of gathering intelligence via HUMINT would be effective against a group such as Al Qaeda, many of whose members are motivated in large part by religion. The aim of this work is to discuss whether traditional HUMINT practices of threatening and cajoling group members into passing information will be effective against Al Qaeda and its associated groups. This is done by studying historical case studies of effective HUMINT campaigns against terrorist groups sufficiently similar to Al Qaeda to allow comparison. This work will conclude that traditional HUMINT methodology will be sufficiently effective against Islamist terrorism to allow security intelligence agencies to undermine and apprehend these groups. | |
dc.format.extent | iv, 116 leaves ; 30 cm. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Shepherd, R. (2009). The application of human intelligence in counterterrorism (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2636 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/2636 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/103637 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
dc.title | The application of human intelligence in counterterrorism | |
dc.type | master thesis | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Military and Strategic Studies | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Strategic Studies (MSS) | |
ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | |
ucalgary.thesis.accession | Theses Collection 58.002:Box 1896 520502066 | |
ucalgary.thesis.notes | UARC | en |
ucalgary.thesis.uarcrelease | y | en |
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