Ethnographic research in the us intelligence community sjsu. J taylor analytics for tax collection from predictive. Aors identified in this diagram are only examples of relevant topics and do not represent a proposed plan for grouping intelligence analysts. This book is openly available in pdf form on the internet legally. All statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed in. Johnston, analytic culture in the us intelligence community. Title and subtitle analytic culture in the us intelligence community.
Pdf organizational culture and us intelligence affairs. The yellow outer ring represents the ics analytic corps. Restructuring structured analytic techniques in intelligence. Central intelligence agency, cia, counterterrorism, ethnography. Borek ms, national intelligence university, 1996 bs, the pennsylvania state university, 1984 dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy public policy and administration walden university july 2017 abstract the intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004. The united states is having such a season as it debates whether intelligence failed in. Analytic culture in the united states intelligence community analytic culture in the u.
For more than a decade major dan javorsek has been an intelligence consumer as a us air force officer and pilot. Its goal is to redefine the intelligence process in such a way that all of the parts of the intelligence cycle come together as a network. Intelligence analysis books, manuals and monographs johnson, rob. Analytic culture in the us intelligence community core. From strangers the art and method of qualitative interview studies ebook by. Analytic culture in the us intelligence community an ethnographic study by national intelligence university. Trends and challenges in intelligence education and.
Center for the study of intelligence, central intelligence agency. Analytic culture in the us intelligence community an ethnographic study. The center for the study of intelligence central intelligence agency washington, dc 20505 library of congress cataloguinginpublication data johnston, rob analytic culture in the us intelligence community. Dci porter goss addresses cia employees, september 24, 2004. Both us intelligence officials and intelligence studies scholars claim that organizational culture is a cause of intelligence failure and the proper locus of post911 intelligence reform efforts. Analyticcultureintheusintelligencecommunityanethnographicstudy identifierark ark. Goodman and sir david omand what analysts need to understand. Identifies and describes conditions and variables that negatively affect intelligence analysis. Analytic culture in the united states intelligence. Study av rob johnston, analytic culture in the us intelligence community. Many people point to high profile failures like 911 and iraq as indicators that cias analytic performance is inadequate or flawed. An ethnographic studys chapter eight, cowritten by stephen h.
Misp project combines open source software, open standards, best practices and communities to make information sharing a reality. The item analytic culture in the us intelligence community. It is in this spirit of outreach that csi presents this study by dr. Ethnocentrism in analysis is explicitly addressed in robert johnston, analytic culture in the us intelligence community. Office of the director of national intelligence 2005 arthur hulnick writes. Analytic culture in the united states intelligence community.
The targetcentric approach to intelligence is a method of intelligence analysis that robert m. However, until recently his exposure to the intelligence community was limited to the interactions associated with his initial duties as an operational f16 pilot and later as an experimental test pilot and acquisitions professional. Gri n and tversky, the weighing of evidence and the determinants of c on dence. Assisting people to become independent learners in the analysis of intelligence. Cia speeches, testimony and other products archive. Assessing the intelligence communitys analytic performance. The kings intelligence studies program studies in intelligence vol. Intelligence cycle management refers to the overall activity of guiding the intelligence cycle, which is a set of processes used to provide decisionuseful information intelligence to leaders. Ethnographic content analysis eca ethnographic content analysis is used to document and understand the communication of meaning, as well as to verify theoretical relationships. An ethnographic study a growing number of companies transact a significant portion of their business accounting through international channels even those corporations conducting. Rob johnstons 2005 work on cia analytic culture is the best. Document digitized under authority of title 44 usc by the. People from nearly every country share information with cia, and new individuals contact us daily. Although often aided by sophisticated technologies, these people ultimately rely on their own intellect to identify, synthesize, and communicate the information on which the nations security depends.
Analytic culture inthe us intelligencecommunityanethnographicstudy identifierark ark. Pdf analytic culture in the us intelligence community. The american intelligence journal aij is published by the national military intelligence. Part of the defense and security studies commons, and the work, economy and. A study of analytical culture has set the following definitions in consensus. Definitions findings a taxonomy of intelligence variables testing the intelligence cycle through systems modeling and simulation integrating methodologists into teams of experts the question of foreign cultures. A targetcentric approach in 2003 to offer an alternative methodology to the traditional intelligence cycle. Rob johnstons analytic culture in the us intelligence community. Goodman and sir david omand, what analysts need to understand. Robs ethnographic approach to the study of the world of intelligence has yielded a number.
Intelligence cycle targetcentric approach wikipedia. Pdf intelligence services are currently focusing on the fight against. An ethnographic study a growing number of companies transact a significant portion of their business accounting through international channels even those corporations conducting business cultural competency and diversity objectives. Us intelligence community reform studies since 1947. Center for the study of intelligence, washington, d. A maturity model for intelligence training and education. Analytic tradecraft and the intelligence community. Improving intelligence community misp as an enabler for. Analytic culture in the us intelligence community an. The cycle consists of several processes, including planning and direction the focus of this article, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and production, and dissemination and integration. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Intelligence analysis challenges and vulnerabilities.
Yet the emphasis and visibility afforded tradecraft in the ics analytic. Its distinctive characteristic is the reflexive and highly interac tive nature of the investigator, concepts, data collection and analysis. Enable users to customize misp to meet their communitys usecases. To support these activities, csi publishes studies in intelligence and books. Every organization has a unique culture that is defined partly by its individual members and partly by its structure, history, and policies. This paper primarily concerns the potential impact academia can have on the governments analytical functions and the necessary conditions and hindrances in making such an impact. The intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004 addressed the belief that weak analytic tradecraft had been an underlying cause of intelligence failures in the u. Read chapter 5 qualitative analysis for the intelligence communitykiron k. J taylor analytics for tax collection from predictive models to optimization from cj cj101 at northern virginia community college.
Ic community and threat intelligence community can both learn from each others. Center for the study of intelligence, central intelligence agency, washington, d. An ethnographic all statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed in this book are those of. It is a rare season when the intelligence story in the news concerns intelligence analysis, not secret operations abroad.