The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Second Pass The “tribes” metaphor does little for me. I humbly suggest you lose it; it is neither explanatory nor usefully evocative (IMHO). As to who does intelligence for Whole of Government, I submit that the WOG is not a monolith so, to answer your question, there are many forces and factions who provide intelligence …
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Intelligence, as it has existed throughout history, can be described in terms of two related functions: a) On behalf of the sovereign, obtain relevant and difficult-to-obtain information concerning grave threats. b) Support the judgment of the sovereign concerning these grave threats. In Byzantium, for example, the emperor was the sovereign and was perpetually threatened by …
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Bibliography for New Craft of Intelligence With a 5,000 word limit for each author contributing to the new Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies (2013), the bibliography, at 2,000 words, cannot be included. It is posted here for general access. This bibliography does not address the many books on intelligence that have been reviewed, all of …
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I have begun drafting my portion of the new Handbook of Intelligence Studies (Routledge, 2013), it is a chapter early on entitled “The Craft of Intelligence.” I pick up where Allen Dulles and Sherman Kent left off. My graphic on Intelligence Maturity captures the essence of my thinking at the strategic level, but of course …
UPDATED 18 January 2014 Intelligence Chief Describes Complex Challenges. America and the world are facing the most complex set of challenges in at least 50 years, the director of national intelligence told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence here today. James R. Clapper Jr. said capabilities, technologies, know-how, communications and environmental forces “aren’t confined by …
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