Course Curriculum

  • 1

    1 - Intelligence: What is it? Why is it important?

    • What does the word “Intelligence” mean?

    • National Security Act of 1947

    • Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA)

    • Data

    • Data to Intelligence

    • So what’s the difference?

    • Support Policymakers

    • Categories of Intelligence

    • Policy vs. Intelligence
  • 2

    2 - Evolution of US Intelligence

    • Early History of Intelligence

    • Pre-World War II

    • World War II

    • Post World War II

    • 1950's Highlights

    • 1960's Highlights

    • 1970's Highlights

    • 1980's Highlights

    • 1990's Highlights

    • Intelligence and the 21st Century
  • 3

    3 - IC Composition, Structure, Reform and Financing

    • The Intelligence Community

    • Post-Reform IC Organization

    • 9/11 Commission

    • Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004

    • Executive Branch

    • Legislative Branch

    • DNI

    • IC Management

    • National Intelligence Council (NIC)

    • National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX)

    • National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

    • National counter-proliferation Center (NCPC)

    • Joint Intelligence Community Council (JICC)

    • The Sixteen Members of the IC

    • Two Budget Components
  • 4

    4 - The Intelligence Cycle: Requirements, Planning, Tasking, Collection

    • Intelligence Cycle​

    • Steps in the Cycle

    • Intel Cycle Model

    • Intelligence Requirements

    • Definition

    • Starts with unmet needs

    • Beginning of the process

    • Requirements ask questions

    • Intelligence needs identified

    • Complicated process

    • Tasking

    • Collection
  • 5

    5 - The Intelligence Cycle: Processing, Exploitation and Analysis

    • Processing and Exploitation

    • Processing

    • Exploitation

    • Analysis

    • Major issues
  • 6

    6 - Intelligence Cycle

    • The Intelligence Cycle

    • Finished intelligence

    • GMI – Joint/Fused Products

    • Dissemination
  • 7

    7 - Counter Intelligence

    • Counterintelligence

    • Issues with CI

    • Counterintelligence Successes

    • Covert Action Operations

    • GWOT Strategy
  • 8

    8 - Intelligence Oversight

    • Intelligence Oversight

    • Authority

    • Agency Intel Oversight – DOD Example

    • Key Issues

About the instructor

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John Ryan

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