Transforming U.S. Intelligence 1st (first) edition published by Georgetown University Press (2005) Paperback

by Jennifer E. Sims

Current and former operatives and researchers in the US intelligence community consider resolutions of problems they find to have been exposed by 9/11, and identify challenges other than terrorism that US intelligence will face in the coming decades. They focus on transformative solutions that combine technology with creative tactics and strategies to attain exponential growth in capabilities. Military intelligence is not covered. Produced in cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University. Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Genres: Espionage

Unknown Binding

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.