{"id":161,"date":"2014-04-20T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T19:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2014-04-20T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T19:20:08","slug":"what-intelligence-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/what-intelligence-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What Intelligence Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What Intelligence Can Do<br \/>\nIntelligence information can be an extremely powerful tool. It is most useful when the<br \/>\nconsumer has a clear understanding of what intelligence can and cannot do. While laws,<br \/>\npolicies, capabilities, and standards are constantly changing, these general guidelines can help<br \/>\nconsumers make the most of this resource.<br \/>\n1. what intelligence can do: Intelligence can provide:<br \/>\n\u2022 Decision advantage, by presenting information and analysis that can improve<br \/>\nthe decision making process for consumers and partners while hindering that of<br \/>\nour enemies.<br \/>\n\u2022 Warning of potential threats.<br \/>\n\u2022 Insight into key current events.<br \/>\n\u2022 Situational awareness.<br \/>\n\u2022 Long-term strategic assessments on issues of ongoing interest.<br \/>\n\u2022 Pre-travel security overviews and support.<br \/>\n\u2022 Reports on specific topics, either as part of ongoing reporting or upon request<br \/>\nfor short-term needs.<br \/>\n\u2022 Knowledge on persons of interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Intelligence Can Do Intelligence information can be an extremely powerful tool. It is most useful when the consumer has a clear understanding of what intelligence can and cannot do. While laws, policies, capabilities, and standards are constantly changing, these &hellip; <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/what-intelligence-can-do\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/what-intelligence-can-do\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.usacounterterrorism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}