http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Legal_Ref_2009.pdf

Represents a compilation of laws and executive orders related to U.S. intelligence functions. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

http://www.fas.org/irp/budget/index.html

Data and analysis about trends in U.S. intelligence spending from recently declassified Department of Defense documents. From the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=935

Provides a detailed chronology and analysis of the intelligence failures and successes of the Cuban Missile Crisis. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.dni.gov/reports/2009_NIS.pdf

Latest version of the intelligence strategy which claims to reflect a refined understanding of the counterterrorism challenge and gives greater weight to the challenges in the cyber domain and from counterintelligence threats. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=935

Provides details and analysis of the intelligence failures and successes of the Cuban Missile Crisis and suggests the lessons learned for the collection, analysis and use of intelligence in strategic decisionmaking. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/torture_archive/comparison.htm

Offers parallel views of the CIA Inspector General's Report on Detention and Interrogation Activities, which was prepared in May 2004, released in part by the Bush Administration in May 2008, and then in somewhat fuller form by the Obama Administration in August 2009. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

http://luxmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o10/clients/aclu/IG_Report.pdf

Heavily censored release of the May 2004 report of the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency on the so-called enhanced interrogation tactics and the legality and effectiveness of the tactics, released under court order in a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. From the ACLU.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200809/jtselect/jtrights/152/152.pdf

Covers allegations of torture involving the United Kingdom, defines six ways in which a state may be complicit in torture, and calls upon the government to improve the system of accountability for intelligence and security services. From the Joint Committee on Human Rights of the House of Lords and House of Commons.

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/documents/preliminary-rpt-dptf-072009.pdf

Presents interim findings on two matters relating to the use of military commissions and decisions about criteria for determining when cases should be tried by a military commission rather than a federal court. A range of other issues relating to detention policies, how to reconcile intelligence gathering efforts with detention policies, and how international law will be applied to cases of war and terrorism are left to a final report in the future. From the Justice and Defense Departments.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/psp.pdf

An unclassified version of a study of the presidential surveillance program following the 9/11 attacks. The study was carried out by the inspectors general of the Justice and Defense Departments and other intelligence agency IGs. Discusses the origin and development of the surveillance program and the legal questions and conflicts surrounding it. Concludes that the collection activities pursued under the program were unprecedented and that retention and use of the information collected by federal agencies should be carefully monitored. Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/R40691.pdf

Describes current statutory provisions which limit executive notification about especially sensitive intelligence matters to eight members of Congress, the legislative history of this provision, and the impact of such limited notification on congressional oversight. Also covers proposals for improving congressional oversight. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.