SS4317

This course assists students in understanding the national intelligence collection process and the use of the finished intelligence product by the policy makers. Students will examine the organization and management of the U.S. intelligence process from the generation of policy information requirements through collection, analysis, and reporting to the end user. Key concepts and lessons to be learned will be explored through case studies from the American Revolution to the current policy requirements for combating the international terrorist threat. An examination of the role of clandestine intelligence activities in a constitutional society will also be examined.

Books/Materials >$50, Social Science Group III