Communicating With Intelligence » (New Edition)

Since September 11, 2001, colleges and universities nationwide have expanded their curricula to include intelligence and national security studies, many offering degrees in the subjects. Curiously, no book exists for classroom use in teaching the important skills needed by these professionals to ensure their products/papers/reports are properly written or briefed. Communicating with Intelligence fills that gap and is aimed primarily at faculty and students pursuing studies in intelligence, national security, homeland security, or homeland defense; but it also has considerable value for working intelligence professionals who simply wish to hone their _rusty_ writing or briefing skills.

Foreword Herbert E. Meyer Meyer, Herbert E.

Introduction Jan Goldman Goldman, Jan

Pt. 1 Writing with Intelligence 1

1 Reading Intelligence Publications 3

2 Basic Tools of Writing with Intelligence 29

3 Other Important Considerations: Appropriateness, Completeness, and Coherence 87

4 Prewriting: Getting Ready to Write 113

5 Writing the First Draft 141

6 Revision: Polishing Your Writing 189

7 Writing and Reviewing Analytical Papers 237

8 Supplemental Exercises 271

Pt. 2 Briefing with Intelligence 299

9 Why Brief? 301

10 The ABCs of a Good Intelligence Briefing 307

11 The ABCs of a Good Intelligence Briefer 313

12 Getting Organized to Brief 323

13 Writing the Briefing 331

14 Fine-Tuning Your Briefing: Voice, Notes, and Visuals 343

15 Doing It! 357

App. A A Usage Glossary for Intelligence Writers 361

App. B Intelligence Briefing Checklist 387

App. C A "Free Sample" Briefing Introduction 393

App. D A Sample Briefing Conclusion 395

App. E Briefing Evaluation Form 397

Annotated Bibliography 401

Indexes 411