Intelligence Cooperation and the War on Terror: Anglo-American Security Relations after 9 11 (Studies in Intelligence)

259 Pages·2009·2.42 MB·English

by  Adam D.M. Svendsen

Intelligence Cooperation and the War
on Terror
This book provides an in-depth analysis of UK–US intelligence cooperation in
the post-9/11 world.
Seeking to connect an analysis of intelligence liaison with the wider realm of
Anglo-American Relations, the book draws on a wide range of interviews and
consultations with key actors in both countries. The book is centred around two
critical and empirical case studies, focusing on the interactions on the key issues of
counterterrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) counter-proliferation.
These case studies provide substantive insights into a range of interactions such
as 9/11, the 7/7 London bombings, the A.Q. Khan nuclear network, the prelude
to the 2003 Iraq War, extraordinary renditions and Special Forces deployments.
Drawing on over 60 interviews conducted in the United Kingdom and United
States with prominent decision-makers and practitioners, these issues are exam-
ined in the contemporary historical context, with the main focus being on the
years 2000–5.
This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, foreign
policy, security studies and International Relations in general.
Adam D.M. Svendsen has a PhD in International History from the University
of Warwick. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Peace and Security
Studies, Georgetown University, and has contributed to the International Secur-
ity Programme at Chatham House and to the work of IISS, London.
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Adam D.M. Svendsen
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Contents
List of plates ix
Acknowledgements x
Note on interviews xi
List of abbreviations xii
Source abbreviations xvi
Foreword: Anglo-Americana xix
PART I
Background 1
1 Introduction: unpacking UK–US intelligence relations 3
PART II
UK–US intelligence liaison in action 9
2 Enhancing interoperability: structural UK–US intelligence
liaison in the early twenty-first century 11
Evaluating UK–US intelligence liaison in the early
twenty-first century 33
3 Enhancing efforts against terrorism: implementing the
‘counter-terrorism paradigm’ 39
4 Enhancing efforts against proliferation: implementing the
‘counter-proliferation paradigm’ 101
viii Contents
PART III
Conclusions 165
5 Conclusion 167
Notes 174
Index 233
Plates
Photographs of key participants in early twenty-first century
UK–US relations and capturing their interactions.
I US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld holds discussions
with British Secretary of Defence Geoff Hoon and British
Ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer in October
2001. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz looks
on. US DoD. 35
II Sir Kevin Tebbit, Permanent Undersecretary (PUS), British
Ministry of Defence, holds discussions with US Deputy
Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in December 2001.
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith looks on.
US DoD. 35
III A British Royal Marine Commando participates in a briefing
with the Americans, including US Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in April 2002. US
DoD. 36
IV British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and US Secretary of State
Colin Powell hold a press conference outside the US State
Department in October 2002. US State Department. 36
V British Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Lord Michael
Boyce is greeted by US General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of
the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, in November 2002. US DoD. 37
VI US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and British Secretary of
Defence Hoon answer press questions at the Pentagon in
February 2003. US DoD. 37
VII US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and British Foreign
Secretary Jack Straw hold talks in May 2005. US DoD. 38
VIII US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and US General Casey
meet with British Major General J.M. Shaw (right) Commander
of Multinational Division – South East, as Gates arrives in Basra,
Iraq in January 2007. US DoD. 38