Use the readings and videos to address these issues:
a. It seems counter-intuitive considering all the long-term planning involved with 9/11 that Lowenthal classifies the 9/11 attach as being tactical.
b. Lowenthal discusses two primary schools (or models) concerning the relationship between analysis and collection: distance and proximate. Which school was dominate at the time of 9/11 and was it the more efficient one?
c. Inter-agency rivalry is also discussed. What impact did rivalry play in the failure to detect the 9/11 attack?Some of what we are exploring is redundant, but each video and additional readings that focus on this 9/11 case study should bring us closer to understand the necessity of having (what seems to be obvious, but clearly was not) an intelligence system that produces actionable intelligence.
PLEASE NOTE: Limit your response to 500 words per section. Include the topic headings. The ideal response will fully address the topics in a concise and logical manner, free of writing errors, and compliant with APA. It should be written in the 3rd person and use critical analysis. In-text citations should be used to support your statements.
Discussion topics:1. What is the appropriate classification of the 9/11 attacks; strategic or tactical? (Topic heading: Classification)
2. Which of the two primary relationship schools (addressed in b, above) would have been more conducive to producing actionable information concerning the impending 9/11 attack? (Topic heading: Schools)
3. What role, and which agencies, impeded the availability of actionable information regarding the 9/11 attack? (Topic heading: Agency Rivalry.
Watch these two videos:
https://video-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/watch/the-man-who-got-away-part-1
The purpose of watching this short video about Abdul Rahman Yasin is to provide even more background as the 9/11 attack started with the first World Trade Center bombing and those associated with it. The interesting questions here from an intel perspective is, why did the U.S. intel community allow an individual with key information flee to Iraq? Yasin was a direct associate of the future 9/11 Planes Operation. It is an interesting short video.
“The Secret History of 9/11â€
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVh9WgGxuIY
This one is a little long, somewhat redundant, but adds new information. However, this video provides more pieces to the puzzle or more dots (data points).
We must all remember these videos are presenting a view, or views, of historical information. Each one has innate biases whether intentional or unintentional. There are those in these videos that clearly have a world view and bias against certain political figures. We are using these to understand more clearly what was known, and unknown, at least from what is in the public domain. Personally, I perceive that the information we will, or have reviewed, does serve to inform us about the difficulties and necessities of the intelligence process to increase actionable intelligence for customers and to reduce uncertainty. Intelligence analysis is complex and there will always be incompleteness involved. It is one of many, but our goal is to understand as much as we can in one short semester about the art and craft of intelligence analysis