Intelligence Community Structures and Processes

Apply course instruction, research, and personal backgrounds and experiences to critically review IC structures and processes. Use scholarly research to find and analyze historical IC reform efforts and recommend additional changes, if warranted.

Prepare a 5-7 page (not including the cover sheet and bibliography) analytical paper outlining your research, findings, and assessment.  Multiple source documents, consisting of original government papers and peer-reviewed journal articles are expected.  Use secondary sources (news articles, web pages, general interest sources) only by extreme exception.  Never use Wikipedia or similar encyclopedia sources.  Due to the nature of the assignments, individual sections and sub-headings may differ; however, recommended sections include:

•     Situation
•     IC challenge
•     The need (or not) for reform
•     Outlook (your assessment of changes needed in USIC processes and structures). Critical thinking is paramount. Your analysis should be based on your research and follow a logical structure from earlier sections.

Word Count: 1500-1600

No. of Pages: 8