In the ideal, intelligence contributes
to rational state action by providing unique kinds of information to policy
makers and by helping organize an enormous amount of data from secret and open
sources. … Policymakers need intelligence to provide information, mitigate
ambiguity, and reduce the amount of uncertainty in the decision making process.
Wartime leaders have a special interest in knowing the disposition of enemy
forces, but peacetime statesmen also benefit from intelligence when it
identifies looming dangers as well as opportunities for diplomacy. (Rovner,
2011, p. 4)
References
Rovner, J. (2011). Fixing the Facts: National Security and the
Politics of Intelligence. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
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