Analytic Culture in the U.S. Intelligence Community (PDF) - CIA

Dori Akerman, and, most particularly, my editors: Mike Schneider, Andy
Vaart, and Barbara Pace. Special thanks are also due Adm. Dennis Blair, USN
(Ret.), and Gen. Larry Welch, USAF (Ret.), and their staff.
There were 50 peer reviewers who made sure I did not go too far afield in
my research and analysis. Again, there are mitigating reasons why I cannot
thank them by name. Suffice it to say, their work and their time were invaluable,
and I appreciate their efforts.
Because I cannot name specific individuals, I would like to thank the organizations
of the Intelligence Community that gave me access to perform this research
and made available research participants: Air Force Intelligence; Army Intelligence;
Central Intelligence Agency; Defense Intelligence Agency; Department of
Energy; Department of Homeland Security; Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State; Department of the Treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Marine Corps Intelligence; National Geospatial Intelligence Agency;
National Reconnaissance Office; National Security Agency; Navy Intelligence.
Thanks are also due the following: Institute for Defense Analyses; the Sherman
Kent Center and the Global Futures Partnership at the CIA University; the
CIA’s Publications Review Board; Office of Public Affairs, National Archives;
Joint Military Intelligence College; Advanced Research and Development Activity,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); International Association
of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts; Drug Enforcement
Administration and the DEA Academy; FBI Academy; National Military Intelligence
Association; Association of Former Intelligence Officers; MITRE; RAND;
Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER); Potomac Institute; Center for Strategic and
International Studies; Woodrow Wilson International Center; Booz Allen Hamilton;
Naval Postgraduate School; Columbia University; Dartmouth College; University
of Pittsburgh; Georgetown University; Carnegie Mellon University;
Cambridge University; Johns Hopkins University and the Advanced Physics
Laboratory; George Mason University; Harvard University; Yale University;
American Anthropological Association; Society for the Anthropology of Work;
Society for Applied Anthropology; National Association for the Practice of
Anthropology; Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society; Royal
Anthropological Institute, and the national laboratories.
I express my sincere apologies if I have failed to include any individuals or
organizations to which thanks are due. Moreover, any errors of commission or
omission are my own. God knows, with this much help, there is no one to
blame but myself. Mostly, though, I would like to thank my long-suffering
wife, to whom this book is dedicated. Thanks, Jude.
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