Fixing intel [electronic resource] : a blueprint for making intelligence relevant in Afghanistan / by Michael T. Flynn, Matt Pottinger, Paul D. Batchelor.

Washington, DC : Center for a New American Security, 2010.

English

26 p. : digital, PDF file

UB251.A3 F59 2010

"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.

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"January 2010."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-26).

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