The Intelligence Environment

Catalog description

The Role of information and intelligence introduces students to the architecture and policies of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and examines how U.S. intelligence policies and practices relate to overall U.S. foreign policy objectives and are influenced by today's global enviroment and emerging technologies. The course examines the users and processes of IC, participants of Competitive Intelligence, and comparative intelligence communities. SRA 421 The Intelligence Environment (3) This course examines intelligence structures and policies and explores the role and use of information and intelligence in the 21st Century, in support of individual citizens, national defense and corporate America. It will introduce the major actors in the U.S. intelligence community and frame U.S. intelligence policies in terms of overall U.S. foreign policy objectives in the current globalized international arena. The course discusses the history and evolution of U.S. intelligence policies, capabilities and information requirements as well as the legal and constitutional foundations of those policies. The course will examine and apply methods and techniques of the information user and intelligence practitioner. The course will also provide experience in applying principles and techniques learned in the context of a team-based intelligence-analysis simulation exercise.