Political Science
James B. Bruce, Ph.D., is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, where he leads research projects for U.S. government clients. He retired from the CIA as a senior executive officer at the end of 2005 after nearly 24 years. In the National Intelligence Council, he served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology and as Vice Chairman of the DCI (now DNI) Foreign Denial and Deception Committee. He has held analytic and management positions in the CIA’s Directorates of Analysis and Operations, including Chief of Counterintelligence Training. He also served as a senior staff member on the President’s Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction that examined the intelligence failure on Iraq. He authored numerous classified studies, including National Intelligence Estimates. His unclassified publications have appeared in professional journals and anthologies. He co-edited, with Roger George, “Analyzing Intelligence: National Security Practitioners’ Perspectives,” 2nd ed. (Georgetown University Press, 2014). A 25-year Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, he also taught courses previously at Columbia and American Universities and as a faculty member at the National War College. He received his Ph.D. from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. A member of the board of directors of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, he is also a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Drones and national Security: The new Generation in Reconnaissance and Lethal Strikes
The growing use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has changed the way we gather intelligence and use them to target terrorists. That is perhaps the single most important impact drones are having on U.S. national security. In counterterrorism, some have called drones a game changer. Others question the morality of using them. For the military, UAS are increasingly important for both intelligence and combat operations.
With their much expanded use in the last few years, we’ve entered a new generation of collecting intelligence and exploiting it for lethal purposes. As such, drones have also introduced a whole new set of issues that make their uses controversial. This lecture will explore the following issues:
- Who exercises the authority for the use of drones in counterterrorism and warfare?
- Are they legal when used for killing abroad?
- How is drone-use responsibility divided between the Department of Defense and the CIA?
- What are the major ethical issues raised by using drones for national defense?
Focusing on national security-related questions, this presentation will explore such practical issues as the rationale for the use of drones in intelligence and warfare, provide some historical context, discuss some of the major UAS in current military use and planning, examine the legal authorities and limitations of their use, and address some evaluation of their efficacy — just how effective are they? — as well as the morality of their use in lethal operations.
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| Course # S1T3 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, March 28 2017 |
| Time: | 2:15 - 3:45 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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