Identify and describe at the five major problems within the intelligence complex. According to its supporters, why do these problems so easily overshadow the intelligence community’s successes?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers should identify and describe the five major problems within the intelligence complex: strategic surprises, operational failures, internal security, politicized intelligence, and domestic surveillance. Answers should also identify how supporters of the intelligence complex argue that it has been successful in preventing many attacks both at home and abroad. Answers may also reference how, given its preference to keep information compartmentalized, many of the intelligence complex’s successes are not publicized.

Political Science

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Political pollsters have observed that the collective opinion of a group tends to make sense even though the group consists of individuals who are largely ignorant of the issues. What term do they use to describe this phenomenon?

a. the wisdom of relative research b. the one-drop rule c. the miracle of aggregation d. the miracle of mindfulness e. the miracle of political context

Political Science

A researcher studying partisanship and attitudes about Muslims is 93% confident that a significant difference exists between Republicans and Democrats on the issue. Based upon this level of confidence the researcher should __________________.

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science