The Media's Role in Intelligence Democratization

Matei, Florina Cristiana

doi:10.1080/08850607.2014.842806

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“…However, the role of non-institutional actors from civil society remains underdeveloped in comparison to previous studies. Despite the production of media and intelligence (Caparini, 2004(Caparini, , 2016Matei, 2014), this area still needs to be explored and complemented with other forms of accountability. This expansion is essential because intelligence aims to protect the state and the government of a country.…”

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The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

Yauri-Miranda

2023

JICW

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This article analyses the accountability of intelligence agencies in Spain and Brazil. Drawing from critical intelligence studies, this article will argue that the goal of accountability is to expand legitimacy by incorporating the civil society. This requires redeveloping the scope of intelligence and its audience beyond legal norms and traditional decision-makers. To do so, the article will consider the following actors: 1) the media; 2) whistleblowers and leaks; 3) scholars; and 4) fiction writers. These actors may complement intelligence by gathering information or acting as knowledge advisory groups. Moreover, they can also challenge intelligence by promoting deeper scrutiny and transparency, while constructing archetypes that represent secret agencies. The conclusion will summarize the strengths and limitations deriving from these actors to promote accountability. It will also claim that, through a critical approach, exploring new accountability forms are necessary to expand the social legitimacy of intelligence policies. Received: 2022-10-07Revised: 2022-01-05

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The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

Yauri-Miranda

2023

JICW

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“…Gill and Phythian have commented on the historic importance of the media in bringing accountability to the intelligence agencies, often performing a 'fire-alarm' function that then triggers formal investigations (2012). Moreover, scholars have always accepted that where these formal mechanisms of oversight remain weak, or where the overall democratic structures are under-developed, that the importance of informal watchers increases significantly (Matei 2014;Caparini 2007). Marina Caparini argues that the media increasingly represent an 'unofficial opposition', adding that when internal control does not check questionable behaviour, and external control does not identify and challenge it, leakers, journalists or a combination of the two can highlight it (Caparini 2002).…”

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“…Cristiana Matei, has built on this further and expands the 'legitimizing' function to include liaising government with the citizens; helping boost government legitimacy; and providing a learning environment for officials and the public. (Matei 2014).…”

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Ambient accountability: intelligence services in Europe and the decline of state secrecy

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Richterova

2018

West European Politics

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“…Como se ha argumentado, el ejercicio de control externo de los medios de comunicación en materia de inteligencia se produce, generalmente, a través de la lente de un escándalo y resulta útil en tanto origina que las ramas oficiales del gobierno adopten soluciones de política específi-cas (Matei 2014). La publicación de Brecha y las lecturas realizadas a posteriori orientaron de Gráfico 1.…”

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Una ventana de oportunidad para reformar la inteligencia en Uruguay/ A window of opportunity to reform the intelligence in Uruguay

Rosas¹

2017

Urvio

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Este trabajo asume como punto de partida que el escándalo suscitado tras la incautación del llamado archivo Castiglioni -donde se presume existen pruebas de espionaje ilegal en democracia- configuró una ventana de oportunidad que permitió colocar nuevamente los asuntos de inteligencia en la agenda de gobierno. A partir del marco de corrientes múltiples, se argumenta que el ágil reconocimiento del problema, mediante la creación de una comisión investigadora parlamentaria (corriente de los problemas) y la presencia de soluciones concretas aportadas por los poderes ejecutivo y legislativo (corriente de las políticas), suponen una oportunidad de cambio que dependerá, en gran parte, de la capacidad de los actores para capitalizar la misma: reducir la brecha entre soluciones y problemas (corriente de la política). Abstract This work assumes as a starting point that the scandal that arose after the seizure of the so-called Castiglioni archive -where there is presumption that there is evidence of illegal espionage in democracy- set up a window of opportunity that allowed to put intelligence issues back on the government agenda. From the framework multiple-streams, it is argued that the agile recognition of the problem through the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry (problem stream) and the presence of concrete solutions provided by the executive and legislative (policy stream) represent an opportunity for change that will depend largely on the capacity of actors to capitalize on it: bridging the gap between solutions and problems (political stream).

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The Media's Role in Intelligence Democratization

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

The Role of the Media and Civil Society in Intelligence Accountability

Ambient accountability: intelligence services in Europe and the decline of state secrecy

Una ventana de oportunidad para reformar la inteligencia en Uruguay/ A window of opportunity to reform the intelligence in Uruguay

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