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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - The Analytic Community Today; Analytic Skill Sets and Major Tradeoffs; Examining the Interviews in More Detail; Chapter Three - Key Themes for Leveraging Future R&D Priorities; A Pyramid of Analytic Tasks; Insiders Versus Outsiders; The Range of Tools; Initiatives to Link Tools to Tasks; Chapter Four - Building the Human Capital for the Future; Reforming Compensation and Incentives?; Training Analysts; A New Generation of Analysts
Chapter Five - A Vision of the Analytic Community TomorrowChanging Tradecraft Characteristics; Issues for the Future; A Final Word; Chapter Six - Recommended Actions; Bibliography
This report assesses the tradecraft of intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and recommends improvements. The report makes a number of recommendations for improving analysis for a world of threats very different from that of the Cold War. It focuses on the two essentials of analysis-first, people; second, the tools they have available. The December 2004 intelligence reform legislation set in motion initiatives that move in the right direction. The creation of a Deputy Director of National
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Chapter Five - A Vision of the Analytic Community TomorrowChanging Tradecraft Characteristics; Issues for the Future; A Final Word; Chapter Six - Recommended Actions; Bibliography
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