Intelligence analysts in conventional settings are almost always, in one form or another, tasked with one thing: “To find, know, and never lose the enemy.” What will the enemy do next and what are the enemy’s near-term goalsare some fairly commonplace questions. Question number one refers to behavior, and question number two refers to intent. The chief task of the intelligence analyst really is to know the adversary better than he knows himself. Short of that, the intelligence analyst must use his understanding of the adversary’s behavior and intent to determine the enemy course of action (COA). This is bread and butter S-2/G-2 work. (As a reference, remember an analytical method that I developed — BICC/E: Behavior, Intent, Capability, Consequences/Effects. This is analytical tradecraft I used in Iraq and Afghanistan, so you should use it, too!)
A key assumption of this blog has always been that there are political forces at work to subvert the rule of law, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights in order to introduce Marxism. Everything I write is based on that key assumption, and should that key assumption be incorrect, then the analysis, although it may utilize perfect logic, will be incorrect as well. But I feel pretty safe in making this assumption.
So with this assumption in mind, let’s ponder these two common place questions:
