Intelligence Requirements for the 1980's; Elements of Intelligence

Washington, DC: National Strategy Information Center, c1979. First Edition. First? Printing. Trade paperback. 23 cm, v, [1], 91, [3], ii, 31, [3] Pages. wraps, appendice. Some wear and discoloration to covers. Damp stains on cover at spine. Underlining and highlighting noted. This is the first volume in the series. Dr. Roy Godson, a Senior Fellow in the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, is Emeritus Professor of Government at Georgetown University and served from 1993 to 2015 as president of the National Strategy Information Center. Dr. Godson has been a consultant to the US National Security Council and related US government agencies as well as to foreign governments and civil society. Dr. Godson has authored and edited over 30 books and monographs, as well as curricula for US and foreign governments and universities. His most recent publications include: Adapting America’s Security Paradigm and Security Agenda (2011); Armed Groups and Irregular Warfare: Adapting Professional Military Education (2009); Democratic Security for the Americas: Intelligence Requirements (2008); Strategic Denial and Deception: The Twenty-First Century Challenge (2001); Dirty Tricks or Trump Cards: U.S. Covert Action and Counterintelligence (2001); Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands (2000); and Security Studies for the 21st Century (1998). This is volume Number One of the series Intelligence Requirements for the 1980's. The traditional Intelligence cycle is the fundamental cycle of intelligence processing in a civilian or military intelligence agency or in law enforcement as a closed path consisting of repeating nodes. The stages of the intelligence cycle include the issuance of requirements by decision makers, collection, processing, analysis, and publication of intelligence. The circuit is completed when decision makers provide feedback and revised requirements. The Intelligence Process or Cycle. Intelligence reflects a progressive refinement of data and information:
Direction
Intelligence requirements are determined by a decision maker to meet his/her objectives. In the Federal government of the United States, requirements can be issued from the White House or the Congress. In NATO, a commander uses requirements (sometimes called 'Essential Elements of Intelligence (EEIs)) to initiate the intelligence cycle.
Collection
In response to requirements, an intelligence staff develops an intelligence collection plan applying available sources and methods and seeking intelligence from other agencies. Collection includes inputs from several intelligence gathering disciplines, such as HUMINT (human intelligence), IMINT (imagery intelligence), ELINT (electronic intelligence), SIGINT (Signals Intelligence), OSINT (open source, or publicly available intelligence), etc.
Processing
Once the collection plan is executed and information arrives, it is processed for exploitation. This involves the translation of raw intelligence materials from a foreign language, evaluation of relevance and reliability, and collation of the raw intelligence in preparation for exploitation.
Analysis
Analysis establishes the significance and implications of processed intelligence, integrates it by combining disparate pieces of information to identify collateral information and patterns, then interprets the significance of any newly developed knowledge.
Dissemination
Finished intelligence products take many forms depending on the needs of the decision maker and reporting requirements. The level of urgency of various types of intelligence is typically established by an intelligence organization or community. For example, an indications and warning (I&W) bulletin would require higher precedence than an annual report.
Feedback
The intelligence cycle is a closed loop; feedback is received from the decision maker and revised requirements issued.
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