Issues in Intelligence Production: Summary of Interviews with Canadian Managers of Intelligence Analysts
Abstract
Intelligence analysis provides important informational support to civilian and military decision makers. Recent intelligence failures of Canada's allies have been attributed mostly to cognitive, social, and organizational deficits and biases of individual analysts and intelligence agencies. Such attributions call for a comprehensive examination of the intelligence production from the socio-psychological perspective. The present report discusses findings from the interviews conducted with Canadian managers of intelligence analysts. The interviewed managers identified a number of pertinent issues in the intelligence production process that may be explicated through the application of the behavioural sciences' accumulated knowledge and methodology. The identified issues are discussed in light of the intelligence studies and behavioural sciences literature, and a roadmap for the behavioural sciences research program in support of the intelligence function is outlined.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA551144
Entities
People
- David R Mandel
- Lianne Mclellan
- Natalia Derbentseva
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada