Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy

Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy

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<p>Intelligence veteran Mark M. Lowenthal details how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. With his friendly prose, he demystifies a complicated and complex process. Rich with examples and anecdotes, Intelligence also includes bolded key terms, an acronym list, suggested readings and websites, and a list of major intelligence reviews or proposals. </p><br><br><p>This new, fully-updated fourth edition highlights many crucial recent developments in reforms, ethics, and transnational issues, including: </p><br><p>-the actual implementation of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) reforms and their successes and strains; <br>-the ongoing legal, operational, and ethical issues raised by the war against terrorism; <br>-the growth of transnational issues, such as WMD; <br>-fresh coverage of analytic standards and analytic transformation; <br>-more in-depth explanation of geospatial, signal, and human intelligence; <br>-a new discussion of the lessons of 9/11; <br>- and, the growing politicization of intelligence in the United States, specifically through the declassified use of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs).</p>