Plots, murders, and money: oversight bodies evaluating the effectiveness of surveillance technology

Author(s):
Cayford, M.; Pieters, W.; Hijzen, C.W. (0000-0001-7112-0550)
Published
2018
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Intelligence agencies routinely use surveillance technology to perform

surveillance on digital data. This practice raises many questions that

feed a societal debate, including whether the surveillance technology is

effective in achieving the given security goal, whether it is cost-efficient, and whether it is proportionate. Oversight bodies are important actors in this debate, overseeing budgets, legal and privacy matters, and the performance of intelligence agencies. This paper examines how oversight bodies evaluate the questions above, using documents produced by American and British oversight mechanisms.

Date issued
2018-06-22
Language
English
Is part of
Intelligence and National Security (2018), Vol. 33, no. 7, p. 999-1021
hdl
1887/76918
doi
10.1080/02684527.2018.1487159