The Military Intelligence Community

This book treats military intelligence as the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information for use by commanders and policymakers. It defines the nature, composition, and inherent problems of military intelligence and examines the community's major controversies.

Gerald W. Hopple was formerly a senior analyst at Defense Systems, Inc. Naval Commander Bruce W. Watson is a faculty member at the Defense Intelligence College and an adjunct professor in the Russian Area Studies Program at Georgetown University.

List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 - THE ORGANIZATION -- 1. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY by Jack E. Thomas -- 2. THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY by J. Thompson Strong -- PART 2 - COLLECTION -- 3. SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE by David L. Christianson -- 4. HUMAN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE by Jack E. Thomas -- 5. IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE by Stephen S. Beitler -- PART 3 - ANALYSIS -- 6. THE CRUCIAL MANAGER by Alan R. Goldman -- 7. BASIC INTELLIGENCE by Stephen J. Andriole -- 8. CURRENT INTELLIGENCE by E. Luther Johnson -- 9. ESTIMATIVE INTELLIGENCE by G. Paul Holman, Jr -- 10. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE by Bernard J. Grundy -- 11. PRINCIPLES OF WARNING INTELLIGENCE by Timothy M. Laur -- 12. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND COMBATTING TERRORISM by Stephen S. Beitler -- 13. BASIC COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS FOR THE INTELLIGENCE ANALYST by Gerald W. Hopple -- PART 4 - THE ISSUES -- 14. ETHICS AND INTELLIGENCE by Malcolm Wallop -- 15. LAW AND INTELLIGENCE by Morton H. Halperin -- 16. THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND THE NEWS MEDIA by George H. Quester -- 17. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT: FORM AND SUBSTANCE by Gary J. Schmitt -- PART 5 - SUMMARY -- 18. THE FUTURE OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY by Bruce W. Watson -- About the Editors and Contributors.