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Table 6. Intelligence Values
Source: Brei
Accuracy: All sources and data must be evaluated for the possibility of technical error, misperception, and
hostile efforts to mislead.
Objectivity: All judgments must be evaluated for the possibility of deliberate distortions and manipulations
due to self-interest.
Usability: All intelligence communications must be in a form that facilitates ready comprehension and
immediate application. Intelligence products must be compatible with a customer’s capabilities for
receiving, manipulating, protecting, and storing the product.
Relevance: Information must be selected and organized for its applicability to a customer’s requirements,
with potential consequences and significance of the information made explicit to the customer’s
circumstances.
Readiness: Intelligence systems must be responsive to the existing and contingent intelligence
requirements of customers at all levels of command.
Timeliness: Intelligence must be delivered while the content is still actionable under the customer’s
circumstances.
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