Intelligence Analysis I

Trade Craft

the ability to operate covertly and not get caught; body talk, code, etc., methods developed by intelligence operators to conduct their operations

grey intelligence

unclassified, semi-easily available data. Professional journals, surveys, reports, etc.

Asymmetrical Warfare

war between a powerful military force and a weak force using unconventional tactics; Korea Example

strategic intelligence

Info about the changing nature of certain problems and threats for the purpose of developing response strategies and reallocating resources.

Open Source

Information of potential significance that is available to the general public; Google, newspapers, Journals, Professional Papers

tactical intelligence

Information that is of immediate use and is time sensitive.

Actionable Intelligence

Information that law enforcement agencies, military units, or other security forces can use to stop an attack or operation.

Human Intelligence (HUMINT)

Intel gathered and provided by human sources

Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)

Intel gathered from the exploitation of visual photography, infrared sensors, lasers, electro-optics (MRI), and radar

INTERPOL

International Police Organization; not an arresting authority, watch group primarily. Slavery, drugs, terrorism, international fraud

Secretary of the Treasury

Jacob J. Lew

Director of the FBI

James B. Comey

Director of National Intelligence

James Clapper; manages US government national intel program and serves as president's chief intel adviser

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Defense

Jeh Johnson

Secretary of the Army

John McHugh

Director of the CIA

John O. Brennan

Director, National Security Agency

Keith B. Alexander

Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn

Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration

MICHELE M. LEONHART

Energy Department

Makes nuclear weapons; maintains the nuclear weapons stockpiled; maintains the facilities for managing; and for refurbishing the nuclear weapons

Chief Information Officer

Mr. Steven VanRoekel; Manages information technology for the intel community

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Ms. Letitia A. Long

National Intelligence Estimates

NIE's; federal government documents that are the authoritative assessment of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on intelligence related to a particular national security issue.

First Nation

Native American Tribes

Sources of Intel

Open source, HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, MASINT

Information Sharing Council (ISC)

Panel of representatives from the intel community and other agencies is headed by a program manager to create an "information sharing environment" for counter terrorism information among federal, state and local entities

State Department

Plans the nations foreign policy

Central Intelligence Agency

Preempt threats and further US national security objectives by collecting intelligence that matters, producing objective all-source analysis, conducting effective covert action as directed by the President, and safeguarding the secrets that help keep our Nation safe.

British Model of Fighting Counter Terrorism

Put money and resources into the middle class to separate and identify the extremists, to arrest, interrogate, or eliminate the threats

Intelligence

Reducing uncertainty in conflict.

Black September

Retribution for the Munich Olympic Attack

Measurements and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)

Scientific and Technical intelligence obtained through qualitative and quantitative data

Seven Signs of Terrorism

Surveillance, Elicitation, Tests of Security, Acquiring Supplies, Suspicious People "Who don't belong", Dry Runs, Deploying Assets

E.O. 12333

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT GOVERNS INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

Target-Centered Intelligence Process

Target>>analysis: answers, actionable intelligence>>problem (customers)>>needs, new information>>target>>analysis: gaps, requirements>>information sources (collectors)>> new information>>target

Sherman Kent

noted the problems in the traditional intelligence cycle, primarily the lack of a feedback loop

Sell the product

practice empathy, conflict resolution, facilitation skills, logic & scientific method

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

supports national security objectives by providing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in all its forms from any source to ensure the knowledge foundation for planning, decision, and action.

Secretary of the Air Force

Deborah Lee James

Secretary of State

John Kerry

Moscow Rules

1. Assume nothing. 2. Never go against your gut. 3. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. 4. Don't look back; you are never completely alone. 5. Go with the flow, blend in. 6. Vary your pattern and stay within your cover. 7. Lull them into a sense of complacency. 8. Don't harass the opposition. 9. Pick the time and place for action. 10. Keep your options open.

Traditional Intelligence Cycle

1. Requirements, needs 2. Planning, direction 3. Collection 4. Processing 5. Analysis, production 6. Dissemination

98% of intel is open source

2% is classified

Department of Homeland Security

A department in the United States government created after September 11th. Help protect Americans from terrorist attacks

Commandant of the Coast Guard

Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr.

National Security Agency

Agency responsible for signal intelligence and information system security. It coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information.

National Reconnaissance Office

An intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military

Defense Intelligence Agency

An intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense. Is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition.

Director of the National Reconnaissance Office

Betty J. Sapp

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)

Deliberate electronic transmission; communications intelligence (COMINT), electronics intelligence (ELINT), telemetry; foreign instrumentation signals intelligence

Secretary of Energy

Dr. Ernest Moniz

Deep 13

First time women were recruited into the Special Air Service (SAS), "She Who Dared" to be paired with male SAS operatives to operate in Northern Ireland

Commandant of the Marine Corps

Gen. James F. Amos

Treasury Department

Government department responsible for management of federal governments finances and currency and designing tax policy.

Secretary of the Navy

Hon. Ray Mabus

Federal Bureau of Investigation

a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice

Department of the Air Force

actionable intel

Department of the Army

actionable intel

Department of the Coast Guard

actionable intel

Department of the Marine Corps

actionable intel

Department of the Navy

actionable intel

ECHELON

captures and analyzes virtually every phone call, fax, email and telex message sent anywhere in the world. ECHELON is controlled by the NSA and is operated in conjunction with the General Communications Head Quarters (GCHQ) of England, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of Canada, the Australian Defense Security Directorate (DSD), and the General Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) of New Zealand.

Drug Enforcement Agency

federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances