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Intelligence
INtellIgeNce: From Secrets to Policy sIxth edItIon
Mark M. Lowenthal, Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC
Mark M. Lowenthal's trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community's history,
structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In this Sixth Edition, the author highlights new challenges
facing the intelligence community, examining NSA programs, UAVs, the impact of social media, and the effects of the
Snowden leaks on collection and Congressional oversight. All transnational issues have been updated, especially to reflect
changes in the war on terror. New analytic issues receive attention, including Big Data, multi-intelligence analysis, and
shifting demands on the workforce. An expanded chapter on oversight scrutinizes the role of the FISA court, OMB, and GAO.
CONTENTS 1. What is "Intelligence"? / 2. The Development of U.S. Intelligence / 3. The U.S. Intelligence Community / 4. The Intelligence Process - A
Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom? / 5. Collection and The Collection Disciplines / 6. Analysis / 7. The Role of The Policy Maker / 8. Oversight and
Accountability / 9. The Role of The Policy Maker / 10. Oversight and Accountability / 11. The Intelligence Agenda: Nation-States / 12. The Intelligence
Agenda: Transnational Issues / 13. Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence / 14. Intelligence Reform / 15. Foreign Intelligence Services
NEw TO ThiS EdiTiON:
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Implications of a de-emphasis on the
war on terror
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Intelligence implications of the
Obama administration's "rebalance to
the Pacific"
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Ongoing effects of the Manning and
Snowden leaks
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Role of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court
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A new chapter on oversight
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4833-0778-7 • ©2015 • 560 PageS •
online
resources
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Structured aNalytIc techNIqueS fOr
INtellIgeNce aNalySIS
second edItIon
Richards J. Heuer Jr. • Randolph H. Pherson
This Second Edition of Structured analytic Techniques for intelligence analysis showcases 55 structured analytic
techniques—five new to this edition—that represent the most up to date best practices in intelligence, law enforcement,
homeland security, and business analysis. With much more depth, detail, and utility than other handbooks, each technique
is clearly and systematically explained. Logically organized and richly illustrated, and with spiral binding and tabs that
separate techniques into helpful categories, this book is an easy-to-use, comprehensive reference.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction and Overview / 2. Building a System 2 Taxonomy / 3. Choosing the Right Technique / 4. Decomposition and Visualization /
5. Idea Generation / 6. Scenarios and Indicators / 7. Hypothesis Generation and Testing / 8. Assessment of Cause and Effect / 9. Challenge Analysis /
10. Conflict Management / 11. Decision Support / 12. Practitioner's Guide to Collaboration / 13. Validation of Structured Analytic Techniques / 14. The
Future of Structured Analytic Techniques
NEw TO ThiS EdiTiON:
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Five techniques have been added:
AIMS, Venn Analysis, Cone of Plausi-
bility, Decision Trees, and the Impact
Matrix.
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Three techniques—Quadrant Crunch-
ing™, Structured Brainstorming,
and Red Hat Analysis—have been
significantly revised.
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A new discussion of System 1 (or
intuitive thinking) and System 2 (or
analytic thinking) leads to a new
taxonomy of analytic approaches.
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Discussion of cognitive biases and
the role structured analytic tech-
niques can play in helping analysts
avoid, overcome, or at least mitigate
them has been expanded.
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Discussion of how to develop the Five
Habits of the Master Thinker teaches
readers to use the techniques
instinctively.
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Revisions throughout the text ensure
that all material speaks to both U.S.
and international audiences.
PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4522-4151-7 • ©2015 • 384 PageS •
online
resources
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