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1 online resource (xix, 54 pages) : color illustrations. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Technical report ; TR-293 |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-293.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The analytic community today -- Key themes for leveraging future R and D priorities -- Building the human capital for the future -- A vision of the analytic community tomorrow -- Recommended Actions. |
| Summary |
This report assesses the tradecraft of intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and recommends improvements. The report makes a number of recommendations for improving analysis for a world of threats very different from that of the Cold War. It focuses on the two essentials of analysis-first, people; second, the tools they have available. The December 2004 intelligence reform legislation set in motion initiatives that move in the right direction. The creation of a Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis will provide a real hub for developing tradecraft and tools and for framing critical tradeoffs. The establishment of a National Intelligence University will provide a focal point for training in analysis. The creation of a National Counterterrorism Center will shift intelligence analysis toward problems or issues, not agencies or sources. The building of a Long Term Analysis Unit at the National Intelligence Council can lead away from the prevailing dominance of current intelligence. And the formation of an Open Source Center can create a seed bed for making more creative use of open-source materials. These specific initiatives are promising but they are just the beginnings. For all the language about the importance of intelligence analysis, data-sharing, fusion, and the like, the national and Intelligence Community leadership today devalues intelligence analysis. A fundamental change is also needed in attitudes and existing organizational cultures. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Intelligence service -- United States.
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National security -- United States.
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TRUE CRIME -- Espionage.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Intelligence.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
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Intelligence service. (OCoLC)fst00975848
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National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Gabbard, C. Bryan (Claybourne Bryan)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Treverton, Gregory F. Assessing the tradecraft of intelligence analysis. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2008 9780833039583 083303958X (DLC) 2008004543 (OCoLC)191865556 |
| Standard No. |
9786611736705 |
| ISBN |
9780833046017 (electronic bk.) |
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0833046012 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833039583 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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083303958X (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
| Report No. |
RAND/TR-293 |
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