The book demonstrates how the institutions that oversee intelligence agencies participate in the protection of national security while safeguarding privacy and civil liberties balancing among competing national interests and building public trust in inherently secret activities it does so by analyzing the role of organizations such as courts and independent oversight bodies as they operate in countries with both robust frameworks of constitutional law and powerful intelligence services . Global intelligence oversight governing security in the twenty first century global intelligence oversight zachary k goldman samuel j rascoff oxford university press apr 26 2016 law . Global intelligence oversight governing security in the twenty first century edited by zachary k goldman and samuel j rascoff goldman071215ousindb 3 3 10 2016 50222 pm electronic copy available at http ssrncom abstract 2659359 1 oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford it furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research . Zachary goldman and samuel rascoff recently released global intelligence oversight governing security in the twenty first century the edited volume is a comparative investigation of intelligence oversight systems in democratic countries which focuses on some of the new dynamics shaping and constraining intelligence services and the range of purposes a holistic approach to oversight should serve this week lawfare is hosting a