Tying our hands: The debate over interrogation policy
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Intelligence interrogations of captured insurgents are one of the most reliable methods of gathering crucial information on impending attacks in Iraq, individual insurgents, and the insurgents' organizational structure. However, the politically motivated debate over U.S. interrogation methods and the negative response of an often misinformed public is hindering the ability of U.S. intelligence officers to gather vital information that could prevent future attacks on Americans abroad and in the U.S.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2007
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The next step for intelligence: Creating actionable intelligence
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Operation Iraqi Freedom is entering a phase where the transition of operations to the Iraqi local government and the Iraqi Army is of priority, even as the remaining insurgency must be combated. It is essential to equip the Iraqi Army for self-sufficiency in gathering and decentralization of intelligence to the company level, whereby productive intelligence can be ensured and enhanced by passing intelligence information laterally at the small unit level instead of vertically.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2007
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Knowledge exchange in a joint environment: The potential challenges of a joint assignment
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A joint officer needs to strengthen his tactical-level planning skills for contemporary ground combat, learning even from an unfamiliar situation with a lack of a coherent platform for information sharing. The speed, transparency and accuracy of information vital to planning and operations require various changes to enable the Active and Reserve Components, interagency activities and nongovernmental organizations share information in a joint assignment.
Publication Name: Marine Corps Gazette
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0025-3170
Year: 2007
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