Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis

Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis is a 2008 RAND technical report by Gregory Treverton. While its focus is on the US Intelligence Community, many of the concepts covered in this report translate to challenges faced by crime and intelligence analysis in policing.

"In simple terms, the national and community leadership devalues intelligence analysis today, and the analytic community is aware of this. Policies and proclamations abound that endorse the importance of intelligence analysis, data-sharing, fusion priorities, and the like, but the will and intent to enforce them carries a political, cultural, and social price that is simply viewed as too high for the likely results. This must be fchanged if tradecraft is to serve the nation better in the future." (p.49)

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