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Crafting An Intelligence Question

Revised 29 January 2022 A good intelligence question leads naturally to an analytical thesis. It is distinguished from a research question in that a research question elicits facts; an intelligence question elicits analysis. The answer to an intelligence question offers a “what” and a “so what.” The “what” is a factual statement that might deriveContinue reading “Crafting An Intelligence Question”

Hello, Readers

Welcome to the new iteration of The Intelligence Shop. Some of you may have visited the previous site where I focused primarily on the analyst’s role in the Intelligence Community: researching and collecting data sets, analyzing, and writing. I will still do that here. But, I’d like to address a broader audience, focusing more generallyContinue reading “Hello, Readers”