A PLEA FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
A PLEA FOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: THE MISSION OF INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTIONS, IN GENERAL, AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, IN PARTICULAR, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX AND IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S SOCIETY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF INSTABILITY DETERMINED BY THE RAPID CHANGE IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION. THE ANALYTICAL COMPONENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE PROCESS REQUIRED CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS, THUS BECOMING MORE THAN A SIMPLE AND TRADITIONAL STAGE OF THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF INTERFACE IN RELATION TO LEGAL BENEFICIARIES AND EVEN CIVIL SOCIETY. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS HAS SEEN THE DEEPEST EVOLUTION IN RECENT YEARS, DUE TO THE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED IN THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIALIZATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE COMPUTERIZED TOOLS, ADAPTED TO THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE GLOBAL SOCIETY IN CURRENT INTELLIGENCE, THE ANALYST MUST CUMULATIVELY MEET THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: A SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF ANALYSIS, A GOOD EXPERT OF THE MANAGED NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE, A SPECIALIST IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A PROFESSIONAL WITH CLEAR ETHICAL AND DEONTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS IS A DECISIVE STAGE IN THE CYCLE OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, WHICH ADDS VALUE TO INFORMATION COLLECTED, SO AS TO ENSURE, BEFORE KNOWLEDGE, PREVENTION AND COUNTERACTION, THE ANTICIPATION OF THREATS AND RISKS OF SECURITY, THE ANTICIPATORY-PREVENTIVE DIMENSION BECOMING A PRIORITY FOR ANY INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTION.

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