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dimensional and unidirectional process. “[I]n fact, the [process] is multidimensional, multidirectional,<br />

and — most importantly — interactive and iterative.” 32<br />

Dissemination<br />

Production<br />

Analysis<br />

User<br />

Evaluation<br />

Evaluation<br />

Source: Modified from a Department of Defense publication.<br />

Figure 4. Process of Intelligence Creation and Use.<br />

The purpose of this process is for the intelligence service to provide decisionmakers<br />

<strong>with</strong> tools, or “products” that assist them in identifying key decision factors. Such<br />

32 Douglas H. Dearth, “National Intelligence: Profession and Process,” in Strategic Intelligence: Theory and<br />

Application, eds. Douglas H. Dearth and R. Thomas Goodden, 2d ed. (Washington, DC: Joint Military Intelligence<br />

Training Center, 1995), 17.<br />

27<br />

Requirement/<br />

Feedback<br />

Processing/<br />

Exploitation<br />

Planning/<br />

Tasking<br />

Collection

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