ABSTRACT
Since September 11, 2001, US intelligence reform has been energized by a public at last attentive to the role of intelligence in international politics. Following al-Qaeda’s spectacularly deadly attacks, traumatized families brought Washington’s handling of critical national security information to national attention and held it there until reforms passed Congress.1 Similar, closely watched inquiries regarding intelligence-related matters have been held in Britain and Canada and have also generated reforms.2
