Selected Intelligence Publications
Getting to Know the President: Intelligence Briefings of Presidential Candidates, 1952-2016 (Center for the Study of Intelligence, by John L. Helgerson, 4th edition, 2021)
“Intelligence From Secrets to Policy” by Mark M. Lowenthal (9th edition, Sage CQ Press, 2022). Available on Amazon, which says “Lowenthal’s trusted guide is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions.”
“Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies; An Anthology” edited by Loch Johnsnon and James J. WIrtz (5th edition, Oxford University Press, 2018)
“Secrecy in U.S. National Security: Why a Paradigm Shift is Needed.” (This RAND publication summarizes an examination of the security classification system, identifies what works and what doesn’t, and provides the recommendations for improvement from authors James Bruce, SIna Beaghley, and George Jameson.)
How 9/11 Revealed the Importance of the President’s Daily Brief
Top 10 CIA Myths (Originally from CIA’s website, 2018)
Former CIA expert discusses “What Makes a Good Disguise for Spies“(From the AFIO Newsletter and Wired, October 2018)
On the aftermath of 9/11 and the Iraq WMD analysis:
“The Real Intelligence Failure? Spineless Spies” by Mark M. Lowenthal (2008) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052202961.html
The Agency and the Hill: CIA’s Relationship with Congress, 1946-2004 (Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA, by L. Britt Snider, 2008). This is a study of the CIA’s relationship with Congress for the period from the creation of the Agency until 2004—the era of the DCIs.
Truth to Power: A History of the U.S. National Intelligence Council, edited by Robert Hutchings and Gregory F. Treverson (Oxford University Press, 2019). The first-ever history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) as told through the reflections of its eight Chairs in the period from the end of the Cold War until 2017.
The Ukraine Situation: Producing Analysis Using the Five Habits of the Master Thinker (The Analytic Insider, 2022)
Security Clearance Reform Overdue Overhaul, April 15, 2019 by Sina Beaghley
“Former CIA Officer Writings About Intelligence, Policy, and Politics, 2016-17″
Secrecy in U.S. National Security: Why a Paradigm Shift is Needed. (This RAND publication summarizes an examination of the current security classification system, identifies what works and what doesn’t, and provides the authors’ recommendations for improvement.)
For intelligence history and policy buffs:
“Searching for National Intelligence: U.S. Intelligence and Policy Before the Second World War” by Mark M. Lowenthal
(2008) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02684529108432130