Advanced Analysis Cognition: Improving the Cognition of Intelligence Analysis
@inproceedings{Kampman2013AdvancedAC, title={Advanced Analysis Cognition: Improving the Cognition of Intelligence Analysis}, author={Christel Kampman and Charles A Mangio and Melinda Marsh}, year={2013} }
Abstract : A prior effort, State of Knowledge Relative to Intelligence Analysis, was initially motivated by the fact that seemingly little change had resulted from numerous studies of the intelligence community. Starting with Pearl Harbor, the U.S. intelligence community has often faced criticism for failing to predict or warn of future events. Though the criticisms have come from different groups, a certain commonality exists among the proposals for change in the intelligence community. The…
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