Why Secret Intelligence Fails

Name: Why Secret Intelligence Fails
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ISBN: 9781574888911

ISBN-10: 1574888919

ISBN-13: 9781574888911

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Michael A. Turner

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Michael Turner argues that the root causes of failures in American intelligence can be found in the way it is organized and in the intelligence process itself. Intelligence that has gone awry affects national decision making and, ultimately, American national security. Intelligence officials are reluctant to talk about intelligence successes, claiming "the secret of our success is the secret of our success." But these officials also shy away from talking about failures, largely because doing so would expose the failings of American intelligence and have an impact on policy consumers who may become more reluctant to accept and act on the intelligence they receive. Rather than focusing on…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface


List of Abbreviations



The Uncertainty Principle What Is Intelligence?


Utility of Intelligence


The Intelligence Cycle


The Plan



Intelligence, American Style Historical Reflections


The Intelligence Community


The Ineffectual DCI


The New Counterterrorism Focus



Pitfalls of American Style Intelligence


The Intelligence Ethos Bureaucratic Pathologies


Communication Problems Inflection Points



The Foreign Experience


The British Model


The Israeli Model


The South African Model


The French Model Points of Comparison



Requirements And Priorities Shoddy, Hyped, and False Intelligence How Is It Done?


The Policy Environment Intelligence Community Dynamics


The Analyst/Collector Environment Inflection Points



Perils of Intelligence Collection Collection Disciplines ORCON


The Classification System An Ounce of Prevention Inflection Points



Analytic Snafus


The World of the Analys


The Estimative Process Politicized Intelligence Cognitive Issues Inflection Points



Getting Intelligence to the Right People Producing Intelligence


Disseminating Intelligence


Using Intelligence Inflection Points



Contributing Factors Counterintelligence Covert Action Inflection Points



Toward Smarter Intelligence


The Tragedy of Unrealistic Expectations Provide Strong leadership With Unity of Command


Refine the Fusion Center Concept Integrate Domestic with Foreign Intelligence


Promote Total Information Awareness Improve Analytic Tradecraft The Future of Warning?


Glossary