Intelligence Collection

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The study of intelligence begins with a focus on the gathering of foreign secret information: intelligence collection. This course is designed to familiarize the students with the nature, organization activities and key issues surrounding the variety of methods of intelligence and counterintelligence collection. This course is required for students enrolled in the M.A. in Strategic Intelligence Studies Program. It includes historical descriptions of the collection activities of the several "INTS" (HUMINT, IMINT, SIGINT, MASINT) and their role in American statecraft. The course explores significant policy issues (constitutional, legal, moral, ethical, organizational, strategic purpose, performance, and measures of effectiveness) related to intelligence collection in the U.S. experience. It provides a comprehensive overview of this key element of intelligence and the organizations and activities which carry out this function.

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Enrollment in this course requires permission from professor

Principal Professor

Kenneth deGraffenreid

Former Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive {read more}

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FEATURED FACULTY

John Lenczowski

President, The Institute of World Politics

Information Operations and Information Warfare

The objective of this course is to (1) introduce the student to the basic concepts of information operations and information warfare; (2) develop an understanding of the use of information as a tool of statecraft and as a weapon of war; and (3) analyze our strengths and weaknesses, and those of our potential adversaries, in this realm.