Thoughts on Analysis: Applied Intelligence – the vital final step
"Applied intelligence exploits relevant basic and current intelligence to meet the specific requirements of and to provide direct support to the decision-making process" This is in contrast to: Basic intelligence - reference material for planning [...]
Thoughts on Analysis – Validation of Intelligence
Is there a case within the Intelligence Cycle for a validation phase? I hear it argued that the Intelligence Cycle lacks depth due to its simplistic structure and its four basic stages of Direction, Collection, [...]
Thoughts on Analysis: Is the Intelligence Cycle still relevant?
It is probably fair to say that most intelligence professionals view the intelligence cycle as central to their work, and as a consequence, the ‘cycle’ is the subject of much discussion as it will be [...]