Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis

Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis

Author: Gregory F. Treverton

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2008-02-27

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 0833046012

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This report assesses intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies and makes a number of recommendations, some of which parallel initiatives that have begun in the wake of the December 2004 legislation, for instance, create a Deputy Director of National Intelligence as a focal point for analysis, establish a National Intelligence University, build a Long Term Analysis Unit at the National Intelligence Council, and form an Open Source Center for making more creative use of open-source materials.


Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations

Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations

Author: Robert J Girod

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-06-26

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 1482230720

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Tradecraft is a term used within the intelligence community to describe the methods, practices, and techniques used in espionage and clandestine investigations. Whether the practitioner is a covert agent for the government or an identity thief and con man, the methods, practices, tactics, and techniques are often the same and sometimes learned from the same sources. Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations: Tradecraft Methods, Practices, Tactics, and Techniques reveals how intelligence officers and investigators conduct their tradecraft. You’ll learn how to plan an operation, how to build an identity and cover story for deep cover operations, and how to detect those who have created false identities for illegal purposes. You’ll also get insight into the technical aspects of intelligence (the INTs), counterintelligence, and criminal investigations, and legal considerations for conducting intelligence investigations. Topics include: A discussion of black bag operational planning HUMINT (human intelligence)—the gathering of information from human sources DAME (defenses against methods of entry), forced entry into buildings, safes and combination locks, and automobile locks PSYOPS (psychological operations) and the use of social networks ELINT (electronic intelligence) and SIGINT (signals intelligence)—electronic interception of intelligence, bugs, wiretaps, and other communications interceptions EMINT (emanations intelligence), which concerns the emanation of data, signals, or other intelligence from C4I systems IMINT (imagery intelligence), involving any intelligence gathered using images Intelligence files and analytical methods Based upon the author’s training and experience over more than three decades as a law enforcement investigator and military officer, as well as research conducted as an attorney and in academia, the book provides you with an insider perspective on sensitive covert and overt operations and sources. Supplemented with roughly 140 illustrations and photos, this collection of special skills and reference materials is essential to the professional investigator and intelligence operative.


The Art of Intelligence

The Art of Intelligence

Author: Henry A. Crumpton

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1101572221

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“A lively account . . . combines the derring-do of old-fashioned spycraft with thoughtful meditations on the future of warfare and intelligence work. It deserves to be read.” —The Washington Post “Offer[s] an exceptionally deep glimpse into the CIA’s counterterrorism operations in the last decade of the twentieth century.” —Harper’s A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, domestic and foreign intelligence, and international terrorism. Henry A. “Hank” Crumpton, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, offers a thrilling account that delivers profound lessons about what it means to serve as an honorable spy. From CIA recruiting missions in Africa to pioneering new programs like the UAV Predator, from running post–9/11 missions in Afghanistan to heading up all clandestine CIA operations in the United States, Crumpton chronicles his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.


Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft

Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-16

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13:

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Have you ever heard of terms like 'Cyber', 'Cyber Intelligence', 'Cyber Threat Intelligence', or 'Cybersecurity'? Can you explain the differences? Can you quantify the terms scientifically? A recent study with a report and implementation guides does just that. The primary author Jared Ettinger and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) report are examined.


Activity-Based Intelligence: Principles and Applications

Activity-Based Intelligence: Principles and Applications

Author: Patrick Biltgen

Publisher: Artech House

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1608078779

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This new resource presents the principles and applications in the emerging discipline of Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI). This book will define, clarify, and demystify the tradecraft of ABI by providing concise definitions, clear examples, and thoughtful discussion. Concepts, methods, technologies, and applications of ABI have been developed by and for the intelligence community and in this book you will gain an understanding of ABI principles and be able to apply them to activity based intelligence analysis. The book is intended for intelligence professionals, researchers, intelligence studies, policy makers, government staffers, and industry representatives. This book will help practicing professionals understand ABI and how it can be applied to real-world problems.


A Tradecraft Primer

A Tradecraft Primer

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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This primer highlights structured analytic technique--some widely used in the private sector and academia, some unique to the intelligence profession. It is not a comprehensive overview of how intelligence officers conduct analysis. Rather, the primer highlights how structured analytic techniques can help one challenge judgments, identify mental mindsets, stimulate creativity, and manage uncertainty. In short, incorporating regular use of techniques such as these can enable one to structure thinking for wrestling with difficult questions.


Knowledge Management in the Intelligence Enterprise

Knowledge Management in the Intelligence Enterprise

Author: Edward Waltz

Publisher: Artech House

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1580534945

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If you are responsible for the management of an intelligence enterprise operation and its timely and accurate delivery of reliable intelligence to key decision-makers, this book is must reading. It is the first easy-to-understand, system-level book that specifically applies knowledge management principles, practices and technologies to the intelligence domain. The book describes the essential principles of intelligence, from collection, processing and analysis, to dissemination for both national intelligence and business applications.


Intelligence/Counter Intelligence

Intelligence/Counter Intelligence

Author: C. T. White

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2005-05-01

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1463493223

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This book on Intelligence Tradecraft is designed to impart an authoritative introduction to clandestine methods and procedures. This course is the most complete exposition of Intelligence Tradecraft ever presented in a public document. As such it is intended for use by Law enforcement Officers and member of the Security Professions only. Once you have completed this course you are asked to recognize that it will be impossible to obtain any more advance information without recourse to training material that are now and will remain highly classified. This course material is based on previously use instructional materials originally created by selected US and Foreign Intelligence and Security agencies, with the addition of certain Law Enforcement instructional materials now in current use. This course has been prepared with appropriate regard for the laws of the United States and all information herein is unclassifed. Caution is advised: in many countries the information contained in this course is still classifed and subjected to stringent security controls. -- from back cover


Challenges in Intelligence Analysis

Challenges in Intelligence Analysis

Author: Timothy Walton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-08-30

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0521132657

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In Challenges in Intelligence Analysis, first published in 2010, Timothy Walton offers concrete, reality-based ways to improve intelligence analysis.