@article{336391,
      recid = {336391},
      author = {Flynn, Michael T. and Pottinger, Matt. and Batchelor,  Paul.},
      title = {Fixing intel a blueprint for making intelligence relevant  in Afghanistan / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Center for a New American Security,},
      address = {Washington, DC :},
      pages = {26 p. :},
      year = {2010},
      note = {Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2010).},
      abstract = {"This paper ... critically examines the relevance of the  U.S. intelligence community to counterinsurgency strategy  in Afghanistan. Based on discussions with hundreds of  people inside and outside the intelligence community, it  recommends sweeping changes to the way the intelligence  community thinks about itself -- from a focus on the enemy  to a focus on the people of Afghanistan. The paper argues  that because the United States has focused the overwhelming  majority of collection efforts and analytical brainpower on  insurgent groups, our intelligence apparatus still finds  itself unable to answer fundamental questions about the  environment in which we operate and the people we are  trying to protect and persuade. This problem or its  consequences exist at every level of the U.S. intelligence  hierarchy, and pivotal information is not making it to  those who need it. The answer is to build a process from  the sensor all the way to the political decision makers.  This need spans the 44 nations involved with the  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This paper  is the blueprint for that process. It describes the  problem, details the changes and illuminates examples of  units that are "getting it right." It is aimed at  commanders as well as intelligence professionals, in  Afghanistan and in the United States and Europe."--P. 4.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/336391},
}