Abstract: This paper proposes a view of the intelligence analysis process, at the individual analyst level, based on the concept of multiple mental models 'running' concurrently during the development of an intelligence product, (Martin 2003). However, intelligence is an intellectual process. Regardless of the means by which it is collected, the ultimate product is the result of smart people pondering what is known, what is unknown and trying to determine what it all means,(Lowenthal, 2003). Analysis is the breaking down of a large problem into a number of smaller problems and performing mental operations on the data in order to arrive at a conclusion or a generalization. It involves close examination of related items of information to determine the extent to which they confirm, supplement, or contradict each other and thus to establish probabilities and relationships,(. Mathans, 1995). There are a wide variety of analytic disciplines used in intelligence, such as those from the political, social, and behavioral sciences, and the natural and military sciences. In addition, there are intelligence specialties such as counterintelligence, infrastructure protection, and target development and tracking, (Lisa, 1999). Each discipline has its own vocabularies, experts, and analysis methods which are constantly developing and advancing. The analyst may learn her discipline expertise in school or during a training period, but she must constantly keep abreast of advances in her field and of the ways they can be applied in intelligence analysis.
Keywords: Intelligence, Intelligence Analyst, Role, Function and Its importance.
Title: The Intelligence Analysts: Explaining Their Relevance in the 21st Century in a Technology-Driven World
Author: Zems, Mathias
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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