{"product_id":"intelligence-from-secrets-to-policy","title":"Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (Paperback, 384 pages) – CQ Press, 2008. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTAKE COVERT ACTION AND SEIZE A COPY OF INTELLIGENCE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntelligence veteran Mark M. Lowenthal details how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. With his friendly prose, he demystifies a complicated and complex process. Rich with examples and anecdotes, Intelligence also includes bolded key terms, an acronym list, suggested readings and websites, and a list of major intelligence reviews or proposals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new, fully-updated fourth edition highlights many crucial recent developments in reforms, ethics, and transnational issues, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• the actual implementation of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) reforms and their successes and strains; • the ongoing legal, operational, and ethical issues raised by the war against terrorism; • the growth of transnational issues, such as WMD; • fresh coverage of analytic standards and analytic transformation; • more in-depth explanation of geospatial, signal, and human intelligence; • a new discussion of the lessons of 9\/11; • and, the growing politicization of intelligence in the United States, specifically through the declassified use of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs). \u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Mark M. Lowenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46069290172650,"sku":"9780872896000","price":16.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/81CGo0GKIQL._SY522.jpg?v=1781205897","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/intelligence-from-secrets-to-policy","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}