Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy by Mark M. Lowenthal
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.
This new, fully-updated fourth edition highlights many crucial recent developments in reforms, ethics, and transnational issues, including:
* the actual implementation of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) reforms and their successes and strains;
* the ongoing legal, operational, and ethical issues raised by the war against terrorism;
* the growth of transnational issues, such as WMD;
* fresh coverage of analytic standards and analytic transformation;
* more in-depth explanation of geospatial, signal, and human intelligence;
* a new discussion of the lessons of 9/11;
* and, the growing politicization of intelligence in the United States, specifically through the declassified use of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs).