Sharpening Strategic Intelligence: Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right [Paperback]

Examines the causes of intelligence failures in the Cold War, post-9/11, and pre-Iraq War.This book examines the CIAs weaknesses during and after the Cold War and while it was examining Iraqs weapons of mass destruction programs. The book probes the root causes of the intelligence failures, which lie in the CIAs poor human intelligence collection and analysis practices, and makes recommendations for addressing these profound shortcomings.This book examines the CIAs weaknesses during and after the Cold War and while it was examining Iraqs weapons of mass destruction programs. The book probes the root causes of the intelligence failures, which lie in the CIAs poor human intelligence collection and analysis practices, and makes recommendations for addressing these profound shortcomings.This book critically examines the weaknesses of U.S. intelligence led by the Central Intelligence Agency in informing presidential decision-making on issues of war and peace. It evaluates the CIA's strategic intelligence performance during the Cold War and post-Cold War periods as a foundation for examining the root causes of intelligence failures surrounding the September 11th attacks and assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs in the run up to the Iraq war. Intelligence expert Richard L. Russell probes the roots causes of these failures which lie in the CIA's poor human intelligence collection and analysis practices. Russell argues that none of the post-9/11 intelligence reforms have squarely addressed these root causes of strategic intelligence failure and it recommends measures for redressing these dangerous vulnerabilities in American security.1. Strategic intelligence and American statecraft; 2. Debunking Cold War myths; 3. Stumbling after the Cold War; 4. Blundering in the 'War on Terror'; 5. Spies who do not deliver; 6. Analysts who are not experts; 7. Facing future strategic intelligence challenges. Here is a study of the CIA and its weakness that ilã½