Gerald W. Hopple - The Military Intelligence Community

The Military Intelligence Community

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An exhaustive study of all facets of the intelligence profession, this book treats military intelligence as the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information for use by commanders and policymakers. Contributors to this volume, writing for intelligence officers and analysts at all levels, examine the structure of the intelligence community, the role of the Department of Defense, intelligence information, and counterintelligence. In a final section, the areas of convergence and tension between the military intelligence community and Congress, the media, and research and development institutions are explored.

Gerald W. Hopple was formerly a senior analyst at Defense Systems, Inc. Naval Commander Bruce W. Watson is a faculty member at the Defense Intelligence College and an adjunct professor in the Russian Area Studies Program at Georgetown University.

edited by Gerald W. Hopple and Bruce W. Watson

First published 1986 by Westview Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
The military intelligence community
(Westview special studies in military affairs)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Military intelligenceUnited StatesAddresses, essays,
lectures. I. Hopple, Gerald W. II. Watson, Bruce W.
UB251.U5M55 1984 355.3'432'0973 84-15218

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-29407-6(hbk)

The military intelligence community is one of the most misunderstood and maligned facets of the U.S. government. To much of the American public, intelligence means an organization of James Bonds, sophisticated, super-individualists, John Waynes who live slightly beyond the law. To others, military intelligence is considered as a constant threat to American democracy, a danger that must be contained and minimized.

It is not enough to say that such impressions are fantasies. Rather, what is needed is a firm understanding of the military intelligence community, so that the public can deal with it more responsibly. In recent years, many books have been written on the community, and many U.S. universities have included courses on intelligence in their curricula. These efforts have done much to dispel the public's misconceptions concerning the subject. However, to date, no one has provided a book which fully discusses the organization and processes of Intelligence, and the major issues concerning the intelligence community. This book attempts to fill that gap by presenting the views of several experts.

We begin by examining the organization of the national intelligence community, and then, in , direct our attention to the military intelligence community's composition. We then determine what the community does. We begin logically by examining how the community collects its information. Then the means by which the community processes or analyzes this information to produce intelligence are discussed. (The community's third major function, disseminating intelligence, while important, is discussed adequately in the first two sections of the book.) Then the major issues of intelligence, specifically how it relates to both American ideals and other U.S. institutions, are addressed. An institution as provocative as the U.S. military intelligence community certainly creates controversy, and it is our intention to shed greater clarity on the major issues. Finally, the book concludes with a chapter that looks to the future and attempts to determine whether any progress can be made toward resolving the existing problems and controversies.

To conclude, this book has attempted to further define the nature, composition, and inherent problems of military intelligence and to examine the community's major controversies. If it generates additional thought and discussion, then we feel that it will have served its purpose.

Gerald W. Hopple
Bruce W. Watson

We wish to thank all of the contributors for participating in this study.

We are also indebted to Fred Praeger, Barbara Ellington, Dean Birkenkamp, and the staff of Westview Press for their advice, assistance, and encouragement.

We would also like to express our gratitude to Colonel John D. Macartney, U.S. Air Force, Commandant, and Dr. Robert Oe Gross, Provost of the Defense Intelligence College, for their support of this book.

Without the competent and patient support of the individuals who typed all of the drafts and final versions of the chapters of the book, this work would never have been possible. We are thus indebted to O. C. Moreland, Jr., Deborah J. Phillips, Mary H. King, Gloria D. Porche, Norma J. Dorey, and Jacquline D. Cooper.