Intelligence After Next: Mission-Based Challenges for the Intelligence Community
Abstract
Former Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats in the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS), wrote "we have to become much more agile, more innovative, more creative." Given the dynamic nature of demands on the Intelligence Community (IC) and the rapid pace of emerging technology, it is hard to disagree with Director Coats' statement. At the same time, it is hard to look at the IC one year later and see real movement toward this goal or impact from the 2019 NIS. One could argue that it is not only the 2019 NIS that has failed in this way, but that the halls, safes, and hard drives of the National Capital Region are littered with failed strategies and initiatives to increase innovation or drive development of the favored technology of the day to support national security. For every document which has had lasting impact in shifting the focus of the problem set the IC addresses - there are dozens of others that have come and gone with no lasting and real impact. As an alternative approach, this document proposes five mission-based challenges for the IC to take on in the next 3-5 years.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 16, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1148116
Entities
People
- Eliahu Niewood
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation