Exploring The Art Of Analysis
Welcome to The Intelligence Shop. We focus on the art of analysis: researching and collecting data sets, analyzing, and writing. Although most of the topics are geared toward the intelligence professional, there is also information of interest to anyone seeking to improve critical thinking skills.
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Strengthening Your Ability To Identify Mis- and DisInformation
Reports recently surfaced of FBI personnel involving themselves with a prominent social media company to control the spread of “misinformation” and the squelching of “disinformation.” Catching and suppressing or eliminating speech spread on social media deemed false or inaccurate is an insurmountable goal, and one fraught with problems, for example, limited resources. But the larger…
Credible, Unbiased Sources Are The Underpinning Of A Defensible Analysis
An FBI intelligence product intended for internal use only was recently leaked to the public. The piece received criticism from some outlets for its content, but also for its sourcing. The problem with its sourcing came down to two issues: the product used popular magazines as a primary means of support for its premises; and…
Intelligence Gaps: The Known Unknowns
Intelligence gaps are the spaces in our understanding of a matter. They represent information that is not available for one reason or another, but if it were available, we could offer decision makers a more comprehensive and accurate analysis. In some cases, gaps can be filled by tasking investigators to reach out to their sources.…
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