MEMORANDUM
August 9, 2010
Graham Allison Calls for Citizen Follow-up to "Countdown to Zero"
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
The Belfer Center is honored to have a number of our scholars and alumni prominently featured in the film Countdown to Zero. It is a testament to our long-standing commitment to providing leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the threat of nuclear terrorism and proliferation. Translating words into deeds, however, will require private citizens to take action. For her work in pushing nations around the world to sign a treaty banning land mines, Jody Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997....Someone asked one of my colleagues here at the Center, what would a nuclear Jody Williams do? Colleagues here have developed a list.
July 2009
"State and Local Fusion Centers"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides members of Congress with an overview of fusion centers, explains the role these centers play in information sharing and addresses some challenges that they face today.
July 2009
"The USA-PATRIOT Act"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides an overview of the USA-PATRIOT Act and its provisions that will expire at the end of 2009.
July 2009
"The Role of Private Corporations in the Intelligence Community"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides members of Congress and their staffs with an overview of the role of private corporations working with and within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).
July 2009
"Terrorist Safehavens and the Intelligence Community"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides new members of Congress with an overview of safehavens, as well as potential ways in which the Intelligence Community can support U.S. policymakers to mitigate the threat from these areas.
July 2009
"The National Interest, Energy Security, and the Intelligence Community"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides a proposed conceptual framework for assessing energy security and the potential areas in which the Intelligence Community can support policymakers.
July 2009
"Overhead Surveillance"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memorandum provides an overview of overhead surveillance systems, the agencies involved in gathering and analyzing overhead surveillance, and the costs and benefits of this form of intelligence collection.
July 2009
"Cyber Security and the Intelligence Community"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides members new members of Congress with an overview of cyber security and the potential areas in which the Intelligence Community (IC) can support the nation's cyber security efforts.
July 2009
"Electronic Surveillance and FISA"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides an overview of electronic surveillance and discusses the recent debate in Congress about and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
July 2009
"Interrogations and Intelligence"
By Eric Rosenbach, Faculty Affiliate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (on leave) and Aki J. Peritz
This memo provides new members of Congress with an overview of the guidelines for interrogations conducted by the military or intelligence agencies. This memo also provides a brief background on the debate about "coercive interrogations" that transpired over the past several years.
