What is "intelligence"? -- The development of U.S. intelligence -- The U.S. intelligence community -- The intelligence process--A macro look: who does what for whom? -- Collection of the collection disciplines -- Analysis -- Counterintelligence -- Covert action -- The role of the policy maker -- Oversight and accountability -- The intelligence agenda: nation-states -- The intelligence agenda: transnational issues -- Ethical and moral issues in intelligence -- Intelligence reform -- Foreign intelligence services.
Summary:
"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 the fully updated Ninth Edition of Intelligence, the author addresses cyber security and cyber intelligence throughout, expands the coverage of collection, comprehensively updates the chapters on nation-state issues and transnational issues, and looks at foreign intelligence services, both large and small"-- Provided by publisher.
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