LESSON 04 OUTLINE

• Lesson Overview
• Lesson Objectives
• Assignments
• What is Intelligence?
• The Development of US Intelligence
• The US Intelligence Community
• The Intelligence Process-A Macro Look: Who Does What for Whom?
• Collection and the Collection Disciplines
• Analysis
• Summary and Final Tasks

Lesson 04: Intelligence Organizations and Functions (part 1)

Collection and the Collection Disciplines

As you read Lowenthal's chapter 5 that discusses "Collection and the Collection Disciplines" do some critical thinking and ask yourself:

• Lowenthal says that, "Collection is the bedrock of intelligence…Without collection, intelligence is little more than guesswork…" Evaluate this statement considering his background and organizational placement. After you read the chapter, consider whether you agree with him or not.
   
• Consider the processing and exploitation imbalance. Does this apply to geospatial intelligence? Is it a problem? How might the geospatial intelligence community overcome this issue? What are the political and budgetary implications of overcoming this problem?
   
• On page 75 Lowenthal addresses the limitations of satellites. The author is not a geospatial intelligence expert. Evaluate his assessment and consider how these limitations might be overcome with other techniques, technologies, systems, or processes.
   
• Pay careful attention to the discussion of imagery intelligence on pages 80-89. Evaluate Rosenthal's understanding of IMINT. Did he get it right or is he missing something?