Loch K. Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- February 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199737178
- eISBN:
- 9780190252458
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199737178.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, American Politics
This chapter focuses on the Aspin-Brown Commission's discussions about the usefulness of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) as part of the U.S. national security policy. The chapter first looks ...
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This chapter focuses on the Aspin-Brown Commission's discussions about the usefulness of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) as part of the U.S. national security policy. The chapter first looks at the appointment of John Mark Deutch as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), along with his agenda for the agency. It then considers Deutch's friendship with Aspin that goes back to their student days at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It also discusses the functions of NIEs as well as the subjects they cover and the frequency of their production; the question of how to represent dissenting views in an NIE; and the importance for national intelligence officers to maintain good liaison relationships with consumers and among themselves. The chapter concludes by comparing “current intelligence” with “research intelligence” such as the NIE.Less
This chapter focuses on the Aspin-Brown Commission's discussions about the usefulness of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) as part of the U.S. national security policy. The chapter first looks at the appointment of John Mark Deutch as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), along with his agenda for the agency. It then considers Deutch's friendship with Aspin that goes back to their student days at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It also discusses the functions of NIEs as well as the subjects they cover and the frequency of their production; the question of how to represent dissenting views in an NIE; and the importance for national intelligence officers to maintain good liaison relationships with consumers and among themselves. The chapter concludes by comparing “current intelligence” with “research intelligence” such as the NIE.
