Definition
Intelligence is information that has been collected, processed, analyzed, and disseminated to policy and decision-makers at their direction to fulfilling their needs and provide knowledge or foreknowledge of issues of concern.
Introduction
When people hear the word intelligence in terms of national or homeland security, they often think that it is “nothing more than information that is secret, or relate it to covert action or espionage depicted in movies whose main characters are named James Bond or Jason Bourne” (Cozine 2015, p. 81). The reality is, especially in a post-September 11th world, intelligence is much more than secret information and spying, and what is seen in the movies and television is often far from reality. In fact, James Bond and Jason Bourne would make terrible intelligence officers because a successful intelligence officer is discreet and would not drive fancy sports cars while wearing a tuxedo or engage in hand to hand combat in a crowded market place...
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Further Readings
Logan, K. G. (Ed.). (2017). Homeland security and intelligence. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara.
Steiner, J. E. (2014). Homeland security intelligence. Thousand Oaks: CQ Press.
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Cozine, K. (2020). Intelligence. In: Shapiro, L.R., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_83-1
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