Intelligence Analysis Needs Course Change

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 Intelligence Analysis Needs Course Change
July 27, 2020
By Robert K. Ackerman
 

Evolving threats and new collection methods compel a shift in direction.

Legacy methods and arcane rules are hamstringing U.S. intelligence analysis at a time when it should be innovating. From training, which needs to shift emphasis to more basic skills, to collection and processing, which must branch into nontraditional areas, intelligence must make course corrections to solve inflexibility issues, according to a onetime intelligence official.

Previous shortcomings led to the establishment of analysis standards that have become too rigid for today’s intelligence needs, says Mark Lowenthal, former assistant director of central intelligence for analysis and production. Lowenthal, who teaches an AFCEA PDC onsite course on U.S. intelligence that is also available in a virtual format, states that training must change to compel the type of analysis necessary to meet the new threat picture.

https://www.afcea.org/content/intelligence-analysis-needs-course-change

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The Department of Homeland Security was created following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that killed a “total of 2,977 people . . . in New York City, Washington, D.C. and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.” The lack of coordination and intelligence sharing among government agencies was a central concern that led to the cabinet department’s creation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/04/12/why-was-the-homeland-security-department-created/#654a8846ad4b

The career federal employees refused to share the intel they had that would have prevented the attacks on 9/11 so there never has been an issue with the analysis, the issue is, and has always been, self service career employees.

[Bigun]

The career federal employees refused to share the intel they had that would have prevented the attacks on 9/11 so there never has been an issue with the analysis, the issue is, and has always been, self service career employees.