Discussion Post Intelligence Management

Discussion question for this week. 200-300 words. Page numbers for the source to use this week are in parentheses at the end of the source.

1. Explain in detail the five functions of intelligence Agencies. Do you think one function is most important? Why or why not?

References:

Jensen, Carl J., McElreath, David H., & Graves, Melissa. (2018). Introduction to Intelligence Studies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. (chapter 1)

Wilhelm Agrell, When Everything Is Intelligence – Nothing Is Intelligence (Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis Occasional Papers, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2002).

Michael Warner, Wanted: A Definition of Intelligence (PDF)”, 46:3 Studies in Intelligence (2002). chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Wanted-Definition-of-Intel.pdf

Kristan Wheaton and Michael Beerbower, Toward a New Definition of Intelligence, Stanford Law & Policy Review, (17)1. (Library link)