Exam 4: Intel & Policymaking

Challenges in Intel & Policymaking

analysts becoming too close or too far from policymaker

What do policymakers want?

to get answers for their questions and make decisions

What do analysts want?

to solve puzzles and describe what is learned

What are the tensions in policymaking?

policymaker behaviors, division between policymaking and intel, and external intrusion, particularly electronic news media cycle

Politicization of Intel

the influence of partisan, bureaucratic, and personal politics on the intel analysis