The Military Intelligence Community

An exhaustive study of all facets of the intelligence profession, this book treats military intelligence as the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information for use by commanders and policymakers. Contributors to this volume, writing for intelligence officers and analysts at all levels, examine the structure of the intelligence community, the role of the Department of Defense, intelligence information, and counterintelligence. In a final section, the areas of convergence and tension between the military intelligence community and Congress, the media, and research and development institutions are explored.

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.

Westview Special Studies -- Preface -- The Organization -- The Intelligence Community -- The Defense Intelligence Community -- Collection -- Signals Intelligence -- Human Source Intelligence -- Imagery Intelligence -- Analysis -- The Crucial Manager -- Basic Intelligence -- Current Intelligence -- Estimative Intelligence -- Scientific and Technical Intelligence -- Principles of Warning Intelligence -- Counterintelligence and Combatting Terrorism -- Basic Communications Skills for the Intelligence Analyst -- The Issues -- Ethics and Intelligence -- Law and Intelligence -- The Intelligence Community and the News Media -- Congressional Oversight: Form and Substance -- Summary -- The Future of the Intelligence Community