Intelligence Collection and Ethical Behavior in the Post 9/11 Era
Abstract
The conversation surrounding ethics in the modern intelligence world has been ongoing for decades. By nature, intelligence requires deception even among partners; this fact is recognized between nations, as well as agencies within nations (Cole, 2015). Such deception is culturally accepted and expected, but does not come without concern. Scholar Michael Quinlan (2007) noted, “There are aspects of the intelligence business, as practiced by all major countries, that seem notably disreputable by the behavioral standards of normal human settings; what purchase can ethics expect to have?” (p. 7). Institutionally upheld blurs trickle down into the conduct and image of the intelligence agent; thus, a deep understanding of ethics and when and why ethics should bend is critical for the avoidance of criminal behavior within the intelligence community and for the avoidance of a perceived necessity to “blow the whistle.”
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