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.

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/data.pdf

Examines the challenges associated with attempting to analyze large data sets. Also proposes various grand challenges that could be used to assess and prioritize future research efforts in data assimilation. From the Defense Department. Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

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

Report prepared for the 9/11 Commission in 2004 and not declassified for public use until recently. Concludes that there was no legal reason why intelligence information could not have been shared prior to 9/11 and that confusion about the legal restrictions was abundant. Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/fisher3.pdf

Counters the argument, often used by representatives of the executive branch, that they have exclusive authority over national security information stemming from the refusal of the Washington Administration to share papers concerning the Jay Treaty with Congress. Argues that members of both houses of Congress regularly obtained national security documents during and after the Washington presidency. From the Law Library of Congress.

http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/800-53/800-53-rev3-FPD-clean.pdf

Best practices in information security for federal agencies. For the first time, combines information security practices from the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civil agencies to produce the most broad-based and comprehensive set of safeguards ever developed for information systems. From the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/educing.pdf

A newly declassified report from 2006 on interrogation, information elicitation, and strategic debriefing. Warns about short-sighted and profoundly unethical approaches to interrogation encouraged by extreme television scripts. Includes papers on The Costs and Benefits of Interrogation in the Struggle Against Terrorism, and an annotated bibliography on Educing Information. From the Intelligence Science Board.

http://www.dni.gov/reports/IC_Consumers_Guide_2009.pdf

Work in progress which attempts to explain the mission, background, opportunities and challenges facing the Intelligence Community. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/ford-intel.pdf

Addresses basic questions of presidential power, congressional oversight of intelligence, covert action, domestic surveillance and many other issues that would still be matters of controversy during the Bush Administration. Originally prepared for President Ford with then Chief-of-Staff Dick Cheney's name on the cover, declassified in 2000, and posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.dni.gov/overview.pdf

Describes the organization, personnel and mission of the U.S. intelligence community. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33616.pdf

Provides a conceptual model for how to organize and structure homeland security intelligence efforts, a model which includes state, local, tribal and private officials. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.