Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan
Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan
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修复英特尔：使情报在阿富汗发挥作用的蓝图
DOI：
10.1080/13533310802058984
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Paul Batchelor
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文献类型：
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作者：
Michael T. Flynn;Matthew F Pottinger;Paul Batchelor
摘要：这篇由驻阿富汗高级情报官员、国防情报局一名连级官员和一名高级管理人员撰写的论文，批判性地审视了美国情报界与阿富汗反叛乱战略的相关性。根据与情报界内外数百人的讨论，报告建议彻底改变情报界对自己的看法--从关注敌人转向关注阿富汗人民。该文件认为，由于美国将绝大多数收集工作和分析智力集中在叛乱组织上，我们的情报机构仍然发现自己无法回答有关我们运作的环境以及我们试图保护和说服的人的基本问题。这个问题或其后果存在于美国情报体系的每一个层面，关键的信息并没有传递给那些需要它的人。引用斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔将军在最近的一次会议上的话，“我们的高级领导人--参谋长联席会议主席、国防部长、国会、美国总统--没有得到正确的信息来做出决定。媒体正在推动这些问题。我们需要建立一个从传感器到政治决策者的过程。“这是参与国际安全援助部队（安援部队）的44个国家的需要。本文件是这一进程的蓝图。它描述了问题，详细说明了变化，并阐明了“做对了”的单位的例子。“它针对的是阿富汗、美国和欧洲的指挥官和情报专业人员。
Abstract : This paper, written by the senior intelligence officer in Afghanistan and by a company-grade officer and a senior executive with the Defense Intelligence Agency, critically examines the relevance of the U.S. intelligence community to the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. Based on discussions with hundreds of people inside and outside the intelligence community, it recommends sweeping changes to the way the intelligence community thinks about itself -- from a focus on the enemy to a focus on the people of Afghanistan. The paper argues that because the United States has focused the overwhelming majority of collection efforts and analytical brainpower on insurgent groups, our intelligence apparatus still finds itself unable to answer fundamental questions about the environment in which we operate and the people we are trying to protect and persuade. This problem or its consequences exist at every level of the U.S. intelligence hierarchy, and pivotal information is not making it to those who need it. To quote General Stanley McChrystal in a recent meeting, "Our senior leaders -- the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense, Congress, the President of the United States -- are not getting the right information to make decisions with... The media is driving the issues. We need to build a process from the sensor all the way to the political decision makers." This is a need that spans the 44 nations involved with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This paper is the blueprint for that process. It describes the problem, details the changes and illuminates examples of units that are "getting it right." It is aimed at commanders as well as intelligence professionals, in Afghanistan and in the United States and Europe.