The standard model of intelligence collects information and data and separates intelligence into its constituent elements. Reports are based on nature, proportion, function, and relationship for disaggregation that will lead to answers. Conversely, wicked problem models for analysis, are “incomplete, contradictory, and changing. They do not have single answers and in fact, are never truly answered.” (Moore, 2011, p.18). The solution of one of the aspects may create a more complex problem. For example, if intelligence professionals could understand what lures people into becoming a terrorist, some sort of intervention could be attempted. Lack of economic opportunity along with regional economies and deficiency of cognitive and occupational …show more content…
Intelligence Policy Advisory Group (IPAG) – The IPAG group is composed of senior policy representatives of each IC element and chaired by the Assistant Deputy DNI. IPAG serves as the official communication channel on policy matters; each IC element communicates its interests.
The DNI roles and responsibilities include; establish ICDs, review IC policies, use advisory boards for making decisions, and ensure policies are consistent with U.S. law, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives.
Conclusion: Basic intelligence policies of the U.S. Government are vulnerable to policy failures as well as intelligence failures. Examples of failures include: Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, North Korea’s invasion of South Korea, the Soviet Union’s deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba, the Vietnamese Tet Offensive, the fall of the Shah of Iran, The Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, the fall of the Soviet Union, and Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Post -9/11 organizational changes have turned the National Intelligence Community into a robust and functional part of the U.S.