CRJ Midterm Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is intelligence?
information that meets the stated or understood needs of policy makers and has been collected, processed, and focused to meet those needs
Five I’s
Australia, Britain, Canada, United States, and New Zealand
HUMINT
Human Intelligence
GEOINT
Geospatial Intelligence
OSINT
Open Source Intelligence
SIGINT
Signals Intelligence
MASINT
Measurement and Signature Intelligence
Analyst fungibility/agility
Ability to move to a different issue based on changing priorities.
What does the CIA value?
Written reports
MICE
Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego
Defensive
Efforts by hostile services to penetrate one’s service
Offensive
Identify opponents efforts against one’s own system.
Why do Intelligence Agencies Exist?
to avoid strategic surprise; to provide long-term expertise; to support the policy process; and to maintain the secrecy of information, needs, and methods.
Ultimate goal of analysis
To add value
Current Director of National Intelligence (DNI
Tulsi Gabbard
Where did Crumpton work out of?
Africa
Intelligence Process
Requirements, Collection, Processing and Exploitation, Analysis, Dissemination, Consumption, and Feedback.
Agent Cycle
Targeting or spotting, Assessing, Recruiting, Handling, and Termination
National Security act of 1947
Major reorganization of US military after WWII to fight Cold War. It creating the Department of Defense (replacing Dept. of War) in a new building - the Pentagon. Also established the National Security Council (NSC) to advise the president on security matters and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to coordinate the government’s foreign fact gathering (spying) and subvert governments and popular movements seen as contrary to the interests of US government elites.
Tactical Surprise
adversary’s intent may be known, but not timing, target or mode of attack
Strategic Surprise
threats, forces, events, and developments that are both unexpected and capable of threatening a nation’s existence
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA), 2004
this act created a director of national intelligence as the head of U.S. intelligence, overseeing “national intelligence,” which means foreign, domestic, and homeland intelligence
Three Types of Classifications.
Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret.
Competitive Analysis
a process for monitoring the competition that involves identifying competition, anticipating their moves, and determining their strengths and weaknesses