An effort to assess intelligence analysis from an anthropological viewpoint. Identifies and describes conditions and variables that negatively affect intelligence analysis. Investigates analytic culture, methodology, error, and failure within the Intelligence Community. Uses an applied anthropological methodology that includes interviews, direct and participant observation, and focus groups.
Analytic Culture in the US Intelligence Community: An Ethnographic Study by Dr. Rob Johnston
An effort to assess intelligence analysis from an anthropological viewpoint. Identifies and describes conditions and variables that negatively affect intelligence analysis. Investigates analytic culture, methodology, error, and failure within the Intelligence Community. Uses an applied anthropological methodology that includes interviews, direct and participant observation, and focus groups.