Analyzing intelligence origins, obstacles, and innovations

Presents an assessment of the state of intelligence analysis since 9/11. This book includes a critique of why it has under-performed at times. It provides insights regarding the enduring obstacles as well as challenges of analysis in the post-9/11 world, and suggests ideas for improved analytical me...

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Corporate Author: Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies
Other Authors: George, Roger Z. 1949-, Bruce, James B
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Georgetown University 2008
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Introduction: The Emergence of a Discipline / James B. Bruce and Roger Z. George -- The analytic tradition -- The evolution of intelligence analysis / John H. Hedley -- The track record: CIA analysis from 1950-2000 / Richard J. policy-analysis relationship -- Serving the national policymaker / John McLaughlin -- A policymaker's perspective: transparency and partnership / James B. Steinberg -- Intelligence analysis: between "politicization" and irrelevance / Gregory F. Treverton -- Enduring challenges -- The art of strategy and analysis / Roger Z. George -- Foreign denial and deception: analytical perspectives / James B. Bruce and Michael Bennett -- U.S. military intelligence analysis: old and new challenges / David Thomas -- Diagnosis and prescription -- Why bad things happen to good analysts / Jack Davis -- Making analysis more reliable: why epistemology matters to intelligence / James B. Bruce -- The missing link: the analyst-collector relationship / James B. Bruce -- Leading analytic change managing analysis in the information age / John C. Gannon -- Intelligence in transition: analysis after 9/11 and Iraq / Mark M. Lowenthal -- The new analysis / Carmen A. Medina -- New frontiers of analysis -- Computer-aided analysis of competing hypotheses / Richards J. Heuer Jr. -- Predictive warning: teams, networks, and scientific method / Timothy J. Smith -- Homeland Security intelligence: rationale, requirements, and current status / Bruce Berkowitz -- Conclusion: the age of analysis / Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce 
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