Book/Printed Material Has trust in the U.S. intelligence community eroded? : examining the relationship between policymakers and intelligence providers Has trust in the United States intelligence community eroded?

Title

• Has trust in the U.S. intelligence community eroded? : examining the relationship between policymakers and intelligence providers

Other Title

• Has trust in the United States intelligence community eroded?

Summary

• Over the past several years, media reports and articles by policy and U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) professionals have suggested that the IC is held in increasingly lower regard by some decisionmakers--and also by some in the general public--and that predictions made by IC professionals have had variable success in influencing decisionmakers. The authors of this report explored whether and to what degree trust in intelligence predictions and national estimates has degraded over time and what internal and external factors might be drivers of any perceived or real changes in the relationship between policymakers and the IC. The degree of perceived bias in intelligence estimates is highly dependent on the presidential administration in power. Also, policymakers most frequently introduce bias in intelligence assessments from a desire to minimize the appearance of dissent, while the IC tends to introduce bias through self-censorship. The research team observed tensions in the relationship between IC professionals and policymakers: The IC has an incentive to elicit positive feedback from policymakers, and there are limited benefits (with regard to both the careers of intelligence professionals and their agencies' budgets) in receiving negative feedback from policymakers. These tensions could create friction between (1) providing objective information and analysis to policymakers and (2) serving policymakers as customers of intelligence.

Names

• Dictus, Christopher, author
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, issuing body
• Rand Corporation, publisher
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsoring body

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Security Research Division, [2024]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction and Approach -- Chapter Two: Literature Review -- Chapter Three: Early Cold War (Before 1981): The Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Administrations -- Chapter Four: Late Cold War (1981-1993): The Administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush -- Chapter Five: The Clinton Administration (1993-2001) -- Chapter Six: The George W. Bush Administration (2001-2009) -- Chapter Seven: The Obama Administration (2009-2017) -- Chapter Eight: The Trump Administration (2017-2021) -- Chapter Nine: Conclusions and Looking Forward -- Appendix A: Decisionmaker Interview Protocol -- Appendix B: Intelligence Community Member Interview Protocol -- Appendix C: Literature Search Strategy.

Headings

• -  Intelligence service--United States--Evaluation
• -  Intelligence service--Political aspects--United States
• -  Military intelligence--United States
• -  Civil-military relations--United States
• -  Crime prevention--United States
• -  United States--Politics and government
• -  Civilian Military Workforce
• -  Crime and Violence Prevention
• -  Intelligence Analysis
• -  Intelligence Collection
• -  Threat Assessment
• -  Service des renseignements--Aspect politique--États-Unis
• -  Service des renseignements militaires--États-Unis
• -  Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire--États-Unis
• -  États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement
• -  HISTORY / Military / Strategy
• -  HISTORY / United States / General
• -  LAW / Business & Financial
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
• -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism
• -  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
• -  Civilian Personnel
• -  Crime
• -  Criminology
• -  Military Personnel
• -  National Politics
• -  United States
• -  Violence

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-129).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xiii, 129 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• JK468.I6

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739090

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739090

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739090

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