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Intelligence has been in the news consistently since 9/11 and the Iraqi WMD errors. Leading experts in the field approach the three major missions of intelligence: collection-and-analysis; covert action; and counterintelligence. Within each of these missions, the dynamically written essays dissect the so-called intelligence cycle to reveal the challenges of gathering and assessing information from around the world. Covert action, the most controversial intelligence activity, is explored, with special attention on the issue of military organizations moving into what was once primarily a civilian responsibility. The authors furthermore examine the problems that are associated with counterintelligence, protecting secrets from foreign spies and terrorist organizations, as well as the question of intelligence accountability, and how a nation can protect its citizens against the possible abuse of power by its own secret agencies.
Handbook of Intelligence Studies
The Handbook of Intelligence Studies is a benchmark publication with major importance both for current research and for the future of the field. It is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and scholars of intelligence studies, international security, strategic studies and political science in general.
Introduction Loch K. Johnson Part 1: The Study of Intelligence 1. Sources and Methods for the Study of Intelligence Michael Warner 2. The American Approach to Intelligence Studies James J. Wirtz 3. The Historiography of the FBI Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones 4. Intelligence Ethics: Laying a Foundation for the Second Oldest Profession Michael Andregg Part 2: The Evolution of Modern Intelligence 5. The Accountability of Security and Intelligence Agencies Ian Leigh 6. "Knowing the Self, Knowing the Other": the Comparative Analysis of Security Intelligence Peter Gill 7. U.S. Patronage of German Postwar Intelligence Wolfgang Krieger Part 3: The Intelligence Cycle Collection and Processing 8. The Technical Collection of Intelligence Jeffrey Richelson 9. Human Source Intelligence Frederick P. Hitz 10. Open Source Intelligence Robert David Steele 11. Adapting Intelligence to Changing Issues Paul R. Pillar 12. The Challenges of Economic Intelligence Minh A. Luong Part 4: The Intelligence Cycle and the Crafting of Intelligence Reports: Analysis and Dissemination 13. Strategic Warning: Intelligence Support in a World of Uncertainty and Surprise Jack Davis 14. Achieving All-Source Fusion in the Intelligence Community Richard L. Russell 15. Adding Value to the Intelligence Product Steven Marrin 16. Analysis for Strategic Intelligence John Hollister Hedley Part 5: Counterintelligence and Covert Action 17. Cold War Intelligence Defectors Nigel West 18. Counterintelligence Failures in the United States Stan A. Taylor 19. Émigré Intelligence Reporting: Sifting Fact from Fiction Mark Stout 20. Linus Pauling: A Case Study in Counterintelligence Run Amok Kathryn S. Olmsted 21. The Role of Covert Action William J. Daugherty 22. The Future of Covert Action John Prados Part 6: Intelligence Accountability 23. Intelligence Oversight in the UK: The Case of Iraq Mark Phythian 24. Intelligence Accountability: Challenges for Parliaments and Intelligence Services Hans Born and Thorsten Wetzling 25. Intelligence and the Rise of Judicial Intervention Fred F. Manget 26. A Shock Theory of Congressional Accountability for Intelligence Loch K. Johnson. Appendixes: A. The US Intelligence Community, 2006 B. Leadership of the US Intelligence Community, 2006 C. The Intelligence Cycle
Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia, and was recently named a Meigs Professor, the University's highest teaching honor. He has served on the Senate and House committees on intelligence and on foreign affairs and has been a consultant to the National Security Council, the U.S. State Department, and the Senate Subcommittee on Separation of Powers. He is the author of many books, including Strategic Intelligence: Windows into a Secret World, co-edited with J.Wirtz (2005), Who's Watching The Spies?: Establishing Intelligence Service Accountability (2005) and Fateful Decisions: Inside the National Security Council (2004). He is the US editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security.
N2 - This handbook introduces the reader to the thought-provoking research on the neural foundations of human intelligence. Written for undergraduate or graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and related fields, the chapters summarize research emerging from the rapidly developing neuroscience literature on human intelligence. The volume focusses on theoretical innovation and recent advances in the measurement, modelling, and characterization of the neurobiology of intelligence differences, especially from brain imaging studies. It summarizes fundamental issues in the characterization and measurement of general intelligence, and surveys multidisciplinary research consortia and large-scale data repositories for the study of general intelligence. A systematic review of neuroimaging methods for studying intelligence is provided, including structural and diffusion-weighted MRI techniques, functional MRI methods, and spectroscopic imaging of metabolic markers of intelligence.
AB - This handbook introduces the reader to the thought-provoking research on the neural foundations of human intelligence. Written for undergraduate or graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and related fields, the chapters summarize research emerging from the rapidly developing neuroscience literature on human intelligence. The volume focusses on theoretical innovation and recent advances in the measurement, modelling, and characterization of the neurobiology of intelligence differences, especially from brain imaging studies. It summarizes fundamental issues in the characterization and measurement of general intelligence, and surveys multidisciplinary research consortia and large-scale data repositories for the study of general intelligence. A systematic review of neuroimaging methods for studying intelligence is provided, including structural and diffusion-weighted MRI techniques, functional MRI methods, and spectroscopic imaging of metabolic markers of intelligence.
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES AND DISCIPLINESDefining IntelligenceIntelligence is the product resulting from the collection,collation, evaluation, analysis, integration, and interpretationof collected information.[1] It is a specialized informationproduct that provides the United States or an adversary withinformation required to further its national interests. One ofthe most important functions of intelligence is the reduction ofthe ambiguity inherent in the observation of external activities.In the most obvious case, adversary intelligence organizationsmay seek information concerning military capabilities or othermatters that directly threaten the national security of theUnited States. In other cases, adversary nations, or othergroups, may seek information about U.S. diplomatic negotiatingpositions, economic programs, or proprietary information fromU.S. corporations.In each of these cases, the information sought may provide theadversary with an edge and might allow him to implement a well-developed strategy to reach his goals. In most cases, thedevelopment of an intelligence product involves collectinginformation from a number of different sources. In some cases,information may be disseminated immediately upon collection basedupon operational necessity and potential impact on currentoperations. This type of raw intelligence is usually based onfragmentary information about fast-breaking events and maycontain substantial inaccuracies or uncertainties that must beresolved through subsequent report and analysis. Finishedintelligence products contain information that is compared, analyzed, and weighted to allow the development of conclusions.Finished intelligence is produced through analytical review inthe intelligence process. The intelligence process confirms afact or set of facts through a multiplicity of sources to reducethe chance of erroneous conclusions and susceptibility todeception.Intelligence is divided into strategic and operationalintelligence. Strategic intelligence provides policy makers withthe information needed to make national policy or decisions oflong-lasting importance. Strategic intelligence collection oftenrequires integrating information concerning politics, militaryaffairs, economics, societal interactions, and technologicaldevelopments. It typically evolves over a long period of time andresults in the development of intelligence studies and estimates.Operational intelligence is concerned with current or near-termevents. It is used to determine the current and projectedcapability of a program or operation on an ongoing basis and doesnot result in long-term projections. Most intelligence activitiessupport the development of operational intelligence. [2]The Intelligence CycleThe intelligence cycle is the process through which intelligenceis obtained, produced, and made available to users. In depictingthis cycle, the United States Intelligence Community uses a five-step process. Other nations may describe this cycle differently;however, the process is largely the same. The steps in theintelligence cycle are depicted in the following illustration: 041b061a72