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SEST-521 Theory and Practice of Intelligence
The Theory and Practice of Intelligence
Taught by an intelligence practitioner, this course focuses on clandestine
operations and technical collection disciplines, intelligence technology,
analysis, covert action, and policy support. We will examine the role of
national intelligence in national security, policy formation, diplomacy,
homeland security, and other national priorities. Using the United States
as a model but exploring other national systems, we will review the Cold War emergence of a modern national intelligence community. We will study the partnerships between that community of intelligence agencies, military
services, academic, scientific, and industrial institutions in developing
practices and powerful technological systems to address the collection and
analytic challenges of the Cold War and post-Cold War worlds.
Intelligence collection disciplines, analysis, and policy support, to
include covert action, will be discussed in detail, drawing on concrete
examples of intelligence practice. The challenges of conducting secret
activities within a democratic society, and issues of defining and
recognizing success and failure will be considered. Finally, the course
will analyze the implications of the Revolution in Military Affairs and the
war in Iraq for the intelligence community, look at the "marriage" between intelligence and the military in the Afghan and Iraqi military campaigns, and study the intelligence community's effort to implement new practices and technologies and transform itself into an integrated team of agile agencies
under a new Director of National Intelligence.
The course will be conducted as a seminar and you will be expected to
participate fully in class discussion and possible individual presentations.
Given the topical nature of the course, your class notes will be an
important source of essential course information. You will also demonstrate
your research, analytic, and writing skills in two brief papers and a
take-home final.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Course syllabi
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Fall '09:
Schroeder, R
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