The Weekly Standard has an outstanding article called "Intelligence Dominance" by  Richard H. Shultz Jr. and Roy Godson. If you thought Valerie Plame is not the model for a CIA that can win the war on terror, Shultz and Godson make a strong case for a better way. They have done their homework,  by talking to successful counterinsurgency pros around the world — in Israel,  Latin America, Northern Ireland and Iraq.  The problem, simplly, is the dearth of actionable inteligence: Knowledge about the enemy that allows us to do something effective in time to avoid catastrophe. When we're spending $40 billion a year on intelligence and committing 150,000 men to the Iraqi front, why can't we create the actionable intelligence required to roll up the insurgents? .... we listened intently as these former practitioners discussed what to our surprise turned out to be a common set of measures——intelligence dominance was the summary term we came up with to...(Read Full Post)