National intelligence and science : beyond the great divide in analysis and policy / Wilhelm Agrell and Gregory F. Treverton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intelligence is currently facing increasingly challenging cross-pressures from both a need for accurate and timely assessments of potential or imminent security threats and the unpredictability of many of these emerging threats. The essence of intelligence is no longer the collection, analysis, and dissemination of secret information, but has become instead the management of uncertainty in areas critical for overriding security goals.

Introduction: The Odd Twins of Uncertainty -- Framing the Divide -- What Is Analysis? Roads Not Taken -- Intelligence Challenges in Scientific Research -- Exploring Other Domains -- Common Core Issues: Intelligence Analysis, Medicine, and Policy Analysis -- Challenges for Intelligence -- Politicization: Disseminating and Distorting Knowledge -- Beyond the Divide: Framing and Assessing Risks under Prevailing Uncertainty.

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