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A major function of our intelligence agencies is to shape the narrative, molding history like clay on a wheel

By / Leave a Comment / 13 September 2019

Summary:  Another in a series about the effectiveness of our intelligence apparatus.  Today we examine one of its greatest accomplishment, the creation of the global jihad.  Just-in-time salvation for the 21st century military/intelligence apparatus, facing the prospect of post-communist obsolescence.  Previous chapters:  (1)  How useful are our intelligence agencies? To what degree are they blinded by prejudice and institutional needs? …

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About our intel agencies’ struggle to find accurate & institutionally useful narratives

By / Leave a Comment / 13 September 2019

Today’s reading is an excerpt from one of the best articles I’ve ever read on this subject:  “The Buddha as an Intelligence Analyst”, David Chuter (Senior Research Associate, Center for Defense Studies, London), presented at the conference on New Frontiers of Intelligence Analysis: Shared Threats, Diverse Perspectives, New Communities” in Rome, 31 March – 2 April …

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How useful are our intelligence agencies? To what degree are they blinded by prejudice and institutional needs?

By / 1 Comment / 2 June 2013

Intelligence about foreigners — state and non-state actors — is vital for the US government, of course.  But how useful has US intelligence been in practice?  This post is the first in a series examining several perspectives from the large literature on this important subject.  The other chapters are (2)  About our intelligence agences: the struggle to …

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