TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramos,Raphaël
TI  - Obama and intelligence: A presidency between change and continuity
PY  - 2018///.
							
N1  - 28
N2  - The assessment of Barack Obama’s intelligence policy reveals numerous ambiguities, which reflect a presidency oscillating between change and continuity. While, as a candidate, Obama used this issue to distance himself from his predecessor, most notably from a moral standpoint, as commander-in-chief, Obama appeared much more pragmatic. On the topics of electronic surveillance and covert action, Obama continued and, in some cases, expanded programs that had been set up after 9/11. Minor changes to these programs only came in response to controversies triggered by leaks or press reports, which shows how Obama perpetuated the United States’ ambivalence toward intelligence
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-politique-americaine-2018-2-page-157?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -