UNISCI Discussion Papers ISSN: 1696-2206
[email protected] Universidad Complutense de Madrid España Celaya Pacheco, Fernando THE BUSINESS OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE U.S.: PRODUCTIVITY VS. LOYALTY? UNISCI Discussion Papers, núm. 20, mayo, 2009, pp. 126-152 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=76711408009 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative UNISCI Discussion Papers, Nº 20 (Mayo / May 2009) ISSN 1696-2206 THE BUSINESS OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE U.S.: PRODUCTIVITY VS. LOYALTY? Fernando Celaya Pacheco 1 King’s College, London Abstract: Following the collapse of the Soviet Union (USSR) the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) experienced important structural and material changes in order to reduce the ballooning intelligence and defense budget as a result of the Cold War. These adjustments encouraged the liberalization of the information technology (IT) market in support of IC requirements, outsourcing and privatizing national security, causing a pernicious dynamic within its oversight, management and inspection mechanisms. The 9/11 events and the Iraq War stimulated an out-of-control neoliberalization which reflected the limits between public interests and private interests, where domestic security and foreign security concepts, simultaneously, overlapped. This reality discouraged the strengthening of the known IC strategic intelligence deficit favoring IT. Keywords: Intelligence, Information Technology (IT), Military, Privatization, Contractors. Resumen: Tras el derrumbe de la Unión Soviética (URSS), la Comunidad de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos (IC) sufrió una serie de cambios estructurales y materiales para limitar el exorbitante presupuesto en defensa e inteligencia resultante de la Guerra Fría.