This
book presents a comprehensive source document on intelligence and security
oversight and review. It compares the oversight arrangements found in nine
countries—New Zealand, Australia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom,
Germany, Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. This is done through an analysis
of a wide range of areas including statutory basis, agencies overseen,
membership, tenure, appointment/dismissal, mandate, powers, access to
classified information, complaints function, reporting and, in the case of
parliamentary committees, the frequency of meetings. Within an annotated
bibliography section Richardson and Gilmour also provide detailed summaries of
other relevant research and commentary aligned with oversight and review
practices.

Intelligence and
Security Oversight: An Annotated Bibliography and Comparative Analysis comprehensively
demonstrates the powers and limitations placed with,and on, oversight bodies,
appealing to academics, researchers and practitioners in the intelligence and
security environment.