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Intelligence, defined broadly, is a process, focused externally, designed to reduce the level of uncertainty for a decisionmaker using information from all sources.
The ideas traditionally associated with intelligence, such as spying, covert action and espionage, are no longer sufficient to describe the wide variety of intelligence activities that occur daily.
There are three generally accepted categories of intelligence: National security intelligence, business intelligence and law enforcement intelligence. Another, nascent, category is that of non-governmental organization (NGO) intelligence. While the US has the most well known intelligence communities, all three categories of intelligence are practised worldwide.
Governmental and commercial intelligence agencies are active in all three categories of intelligence. Intelligence Studies is a new academic discipline attempting to understand the process and products of the various intelligence communities worldwide.
I have designed this lens to serve as a portal for those interested in intelligence activities and intelligence studies.
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- Intelligence Jobs and Internships
- Click here to find a lens on Intelligence Jobs.
- Intelligence Tools
- Click here for a variety of tools that are useful for intelligence analysis. These tools include software, web based applications and maps, among others.
- US Government Intelligence
- Click here to find a lens on US Government Intelligence.
- Business Intelligence
- Click here to find a lens on Business Intelligence.
- Law Enforcement Intelligence
- Click here to find a lens on Law Enforcement Intelligence.
- Commercial Intelligence Agencies
- Click here for a lens on businesses that provide intelligence to decisionmakers for a price.
- Intelligence Studies Publications, Colleges and Universities
- This lens lists the websites of various publications that focus primarily on intelligence and intelligence studies.
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Intelligence
- This lens is put together by graduate students in the Mercyhurst College Applied Intelligence Program who are working on a series of analytic projects involving the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Nuclear Proliferation Hot Zone
- This lens examines nulcear proliferation issues on a region by region basis. This lens has also been put together by graduate students in the Mercyhurst College Applied Intelligence Program.
- Managing Intelligence Analysts
- This lens contains links and references to the skills necessary to manage intelligence analysts.
- Thinking About Copyright For Students
- This lens contains links to a variety of copyright information sites.
Other Links
- Mercyhurst College Institute Of Intelligence Studies
- MCIIS is a center of excellence which promotes the study of Intelligence in higher academic settings, while seeking to identify, promote, and employ best practices in the study and application of intelligence studies throughout its various disciplines (national security, law enforcement, business and academia).
- Infowar Guide - Intelligence
- Information, docuements, articles, readings, and links related to intelligence and national security.
- Virtual World of Intelligence
- Links to spy agencies, military intelligence, and counterintelligence.
- Numbers Stations
- Audio recordings from shortwave radio.
- The Literature of Intelligence
- A searchable archive of materials covering such aspects of intelligence such as histories, collection and analysis, covert action, US and foreign agencies, signals intelligence, counterintelligence, terrorism, oversight and links to related web sites.
- Internet Resources For Intel Analysts
- This is a link to Prof. Tom O'Conner's huge list of links for intel analysts.
Good Intelligence Analysis Books
Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
Amazon Price: $54.45 (as of 12/28/2009)
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