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Category: Intelligence

  • Analysis in the Intelligence Community

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    The declassified Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 203 outlines the Directorate of National Intelligence’s desires for an analytically sound workforce. When I worked as an intelligence community (IC) analyst, I wore a laminate with the following analytic standards outlined: Objectivity Independent of political considerations Timeliness Based on all available sources of intelligence Exhibits proper standards of…

  • Learning from Other Countries about CVE

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    If you are going to read one article regarding countering violent extremism (CVE), this is the one I would recommend. Eric Rosand unpacks CVE strategies of Australia, Canada, and the US. He then provides two recommendations for the US: Invest in and empower community-led efforts using funding from non-security/law enforcement agencies; Be precise and judicious…

  • A Rare Study on Moral Judgments in Terrorists

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    From several recently released studies using a sample of 66 ex-combatants and 66 control participants showed considerable similarities in all investigated areas except one: Moral judgment. The 66 ex-combatants were incarcerated in Columbia and former paramilitary operators. Baez, S., Herrera, E., Trujillo, N., Manes, F., Young, L., & Ibañez, A. (2016). Aberrant moral judgment in extremist…

  • CVE in the Corrections World

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    Since the beginnings of corrections, inmates have utilized the jails and prisons as platforms for further criminal actions. Correctional facilities are a breading ground for gangs and other groups linked to violent actions. There are many reasons why inmates are primed for breading: captive audience; anti-American/anti-law enforcement sentiment; desire for power/revenge; and, possess desirable skills.…

  • Two Approaches to Risk-Factors in the CVE Sphere

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    A few hours ago, London experienced one of the most recent terrorist attacks. Attacks like this are becoming more common place, sadly, around the world and even in Western countries. Since the terrorism research field beginnings, researchers have run across a number of problems in trying to predict individuals who may commit an act of…