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.
James Edward Miller
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807832479
- eISBN:
- 9781469606002
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807887943_miller.13
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter discusses a study forwarded by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) to Secretary of State William Rogers, which analyzed the longer-term consequences of the ...
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This chapter discusses a study forwarded by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) to Secretary of State William Rogers, which analyzed the longer-term consequences of the Colonels' regime. Estimating that the military dictatorship could continue for another five years, the INR commented that the costs to the United States of continuing junta control of Greece would largely arise from a widespread public perception that the American government was its primary source of foreign support. The damage would be serious, but Greece's need for U.S. cooperation in security, economics, and foreign affairs was great enough that the American government could accept the consequences of association with the Colonels. Richard Nixon, who took control of America's foreign policy in January 1969, apparently shared the strategic outlook offered by the INR.Less
This chapter discusses a study forwarded by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) to Secretary of State William Rogers, which analyzed the longer-term consequences of the Colonels' regime. Estimating that the military dictatorship could continue for another five years, the INR commented that the costs to the United States of continuing junta control of Greece would largely arise from a widespread public perception that the American government was its primary source of foreign support. The damage would be serious, but Greece's need for U.S. cooperation in security, economics, and foreign affairs was great enough that the American government could accept the consequences of association with the Colonels. Richard Nixon, who took control of America's foreign policy in January 1969, apparently shared the strategic outlook offered by the INR.
