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Discussion
- What is strategic intelligence, and how does this differ from operational and tactical intelligence?
- Provide your definition of intelligence analysis.
- Discuss what an intelligence analyst does, and does this fit with your own ideas about intelligence analysis?
Readings:
Roger Z. George and James Bruce. Analyzing Intelligence: National Security Practitioners' Perspectives, Second Ed. Georgetown University Press, 2014.
Chapter 1. James B. Bruce and Roger George, "Intelligence Analysis: What is it - and What Does It take?" 1-22.
Chapter 2. John H. Hedley, "The Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the US Intelligence Community." 23-38.
Chapter 11. Roger Z. George, "Art of Strategy and Intelligence." 181-197.
(Optional) Chapter 3. Richard Kerr and Michael Warner. "The Track Record of CIA Analysis."
(Optional) Chapter 8. "Why Bad Things Happen to Good Analysts."
National Academies Press. Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow. Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 2011.
Chapter 1. Thomas Fingar. "Analysis in the US Intelligence Community: Missions, Masters, and Methods." 3-28.
Patrick Hendrix and James Major. Communicating with Intelligence. Writing and Briefing for National Security. 3rd edition. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.
Chapter 1. "What's it All About?" 3-21.