LEAD 14
The CIA and the Politics of Intelligence
Last Offered Winter 2014

Cross-listed
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This course will trace the evolution of CIA from an organization largely focused, in its early days, on coups and regime change under the Dulles brothers, to its present role in the war on terror and beyond. Students will consider how intelligence is and ought to be gathered, and the political issues that emerge from those activities. Some of the Agency’s signal successes and failures will be examined, and some of its directors will be evaluated. The fluctuating relationship between CIA and the FBI will also be discussed. Stress will be placed on the personal experiences of those who have served in the Agency.
The Class: Format: afternoons
Limit: 20
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will include class attendance and participation, and a short, 3- to 4-page retrospective paper on the course and its content
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: preference to PSCI and LEAD students
Materials/Lab Fee: cost to student $50
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LEAD 14

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