Transforming U.S. Intelligence[TRANSFORMING US INTELLIGENCE][Paperback]

by JenniferE.Sims

Transforming U.S. Intelligence <> Paperback <> JenniferE.Sims <> GeorgetownUniversityPress

Genres: Espionage

Paperback

First published August 30, 2005

Reviews

[Jerome Otte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I came about this in the footnotes of Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander. This was a very interesting, insightful look at the US intelligence community. It argues that transforming intelligence requires as much a look to the future as to the past and a focus more on the art and practice of intelligence rather than on its bureaucratic arrangements.
It was a timely study since the year it was published was the year the controversial position Director of National Intelligence was introduced.
For those interested in the 2001 portion of the war in Afghanistan check out the chapter "Intelligence and War:2001-2" by Henry A. Crumpton. Crumpton is the "Hank" that was described in "Jawbreaker" and First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Hank offers a very interesting analysis of the CIA's role, its Afghan HUMINT network, the CIA's strategy and and deployment, CENTCOM's relationship to CIA/CTC and why the war in Afghanistan was an initial success.
Definitely worth a read.