The centerpiece of the effort to counter the flood of harsh criticism unleashed against the U.S. intelligence community in the 1970s is a most interesting seven-volume series of book-length studies under the collective title: Intelligence Requirements for the 1980s. Based on topical seminars at which former intelligence officials, Congressional staffers, academics and businessmen discuss covert collection, analysis and estimates, counter-intelligence, domestic spying, etc., it is probably the most in-depth, unhostile, unclassified review of the general issues facing U.S. intelligence today. Unfortunately, some volumes predate important policy changes instituted by the Reagan Administration.
