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JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 INTRODUCTION
TO INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS

What is
intelligence analysis in the United States today? How has it evolved, and where
is it going?

DQ2 TAXONOMY

Discuss the
concept of taxonomy. How can the development of a taxonomy be used in
intelligence analysis?

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Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 THE
INTELLIGENCE CYCLE

Discuss
each of the five stages of the intelligence cycle. Explain the function and
importance of each stage and how each stage interrelates with the other four
stages. Which stage do you think is the most important, and why?

DQ2 COLLABORATION

As the
analysis of intelligence cases transitions from being a solo activity to a
collaborative process, discuss why collaboration is so important in the U.S.
Intelligence Community.

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Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 THE
ANALYTICAL MIND

Discuss the
two common approaches to dealing with the limitations of human thought.
Evaluate their effectiveness.

DQ2 WHO
MURDERED JONATHAN LUNA?

After
reading the Jonathan Luna case, discuss the reasons why someone might target
Jonathan Luna for murder.

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Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 THE SCIENCE
OF ANALYSIS

Discuss
whether intelligence analysis is a true science. How can analysts use science
and scientific reasoning to help develop their analyses?

DQ2 HYPOTHESIS
GENERATION AND TESTING

What is a
hypothesis? Can the truth of a hypothesis ever be proven?

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Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 THE
JONATHAN LUNA CASE

What does
the sequence of events tell you? Are there any gaps in the information that
should be addressed?

DQ2 HYPOTHESIS
TESTING

How can we
test the hypotheses we generate? What techniques can we use? For each of the
four techniques for hypothesis testing covered in the lecture, describe a
situation for each where it would be the best one to use.

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Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 CHALLENGE
ANALYSIS

What is
challenge analysis? Discuss the three types of challenge analysis techniques.

DQ2 WHO
POISONED KARINNA MOSKALENKO?

Evaluate
the media coverage of this case. What was the prevailing mindset of the public
at the time the incident was reported?

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Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 PREMORTEM
ANALYSIS

What is the
purpose of premortem analysis? When is premortem analysis used? What is its
goal?

DQ2 STRUCTURED
SELF-CRITIQUE

What is the
purpose of structured self-critique? How do analysts use structured
self-critique to identify weaknesses in their analyses?

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Week 1 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

Throughout
the course, you will keep a journal based on the questions and activities
described below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from
the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to
concepts in the textbook and course material should be included.

The subject
matter for your Week 1 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Your
Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective
and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words
and must include a cover page, citations, and at least one reference in APA
format.

Your Week 1
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below. This week, you have been
introduced to the concept of structured analytic techniques.

Define
structured analytic techniques and state three things you’ve learned about
their application in intelligence analysis.

What
expectations do you have of this class? Based upon your reading this week, did
anything surprise you about the use of structured techniques in intelligence
analysis?

What
challenges do you think you will face in applying the structured techniques to
intelligence cases?

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Week 2 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 2 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 2
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

This week,
you will be introduced to your teammates. Throughout this session, you will be
working together to analyze real-life intelligence cases using structured
analytic techniques.

Based on
the course material, discuss some of the benefits and possible pitfalls of
working collaboratively during the intelligence analysis process.

What role
do you anticipate having within your team?

If there
are setbacks for you and your team, how would you consider resolving them?

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Week 3 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 3 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 3
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

Individually,
consider the Jonathan Luna case and respond to the Analytic Value Added
questions on page 72 of Cases in Intelligence Analysis.

Why would
someone target Jonathan Luna for murder?

What are
the most important controversies surrounding the case?

What is the
most important evidence in the case?

What
additional information should law enforcement seek out?

While
responding to these questions, consider the development of your timeline with
your group.

How did
your individual analysis of the Jonathan Luna case help you to contribute to
the development of the timeline?

What
questions on page 53 of Structured Analytic Techniques did you help answer?

Don’t
forget to submit your assignment.

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Week 4 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 4 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 4
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below. You have been working with
your team to analyze the Jonathan Luna case using the simple hypotheses
technique. During step 1 of the analysis, each team member was instructed to
suggest up to three good alternative hypotheses or explanations.

Discuss the
hypotheses that you shared with the group.

How were
your hypotheses received by the other team members?

What did
you learn about the steps necessary to develop a good hypothesis?

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Week 5 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 5 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 5
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

For the
last 3 weeks, you have been working with your team to analyze the Jonathan Luna
case using structured analytic techniques.

As your
team progressed through the analysis of the Jonathan Luna case, what were the
greatest challenges your team faced?

Did your
work this session and the concepts from the course material help your team
overcome those challenges?

Of the two
structured analytic techniques utilized to evaluate the Jonathan Luna case over
the last 3 weeks, which one was most difficult, and why?

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Week 6 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 6 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 6
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

This week,
you have been introduced to the Karinna Moskalenko case, and your team should
have begun analyzing and discussing it.

Individually,
reflect on the case and respond to the Key Questions on page 7 of Cases in
Intelligence Analysis.

Why is
Karinna Moskalenko a target?

What
tactics has Russia used in the past to poison opponents?

Are there
any common features among the alleged poisonings?

Why do most
observers believe that the Russian government is responsible for Moskalenko’s
poisoning?

Don’t
forget to submit your assignment.

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Week 7 Assignment

REFLECTIVE
JOURNAL

The subject
matter for your Week 7 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each
activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions,
readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the
textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal
Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be
academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the
cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 7
Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading
rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below:

For the
last 2 weeks, your group has been analyzing the Karinna Moskalenko case using
premortem analysis and structured self-critique. What were the greatest
challenges you had to overcome as a group? What collaboration techniques did
you use to overcome them?

Reflect on
the overall experience you had working with your group this session. How did
you work collaboratively to promote success?

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Week 8 Assignment

Final Exam

Question 1 (TCOs
1 and 2) Compare and contrast three types of structured analytic techniques.

Question 2 (TCO
3) Describe five common pitfalls that occur within small groups during
intelligence analysis.

Question 3 (TCO
4) Discuss three ways in which structured analytic techniques help the
Intelligence Community improve analysis.

Question 4 (TCO
5) Describe the practice of satisficing. How does it apply to intelligence
analysis?

Question 5 (TCOs
5 and 6) Discuss three structured analytic techniques that use the
decomposition and visualization approach.

Question 6 (TCO
5) Describe the pitfalls that can be avoided when analysts generate multiple
hypotheses at the start of a project.

Question 7 (TCOs
6 and 7) What is challenge analysis, and why is it useful to analysis?

Question 8 (TCOs
5, 6, and 7) Discuss how a hypothesis is tested, and explain two of the
techniques that can be used for testing hypotheses.

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Week 3 Assignment

GROUP PAPER
1

Your first
Group Activity is related to the following Case Study from Cases in
Intelligence Analysis: Who Murdered Jonathan Luna? Upon reading the Case Study,
you will work with your group to prepare a response to Structured Analytic
Techniques in Action Technique 1 Chronologies and Timelines Task 1—steps 1 and 2
(pp. 71–72). You should also respond to the Analytic Value Added questions on
page 72.

As you
formulate your timeline and respond to each of the steps, don’t forget to
consider the following.

In your
timeline, include references to Luna’s activities prior to his death and new
information uncovered in the investigation.

Is there
any time that is unaccounted for?

How many
states did Luna drive through on the night of his death? How do we know this?
Why is this important?

Here are
some tips for success.

Using the
information learned in Chapter 12, assign tasks and roles to each team member.

Correspond
in the Team Discussion board in Week 3 regularly and create milestones for the
team.

Respond to
all steps and questions in the assignment, and clearly label each step in your
analysis.

Respond to
the Analytic Value Added after your steps are complete.

Your paper
should be approximately 750–1,000 words, double-spaced, and must include a
cover page and at least one reference in APA format.

Each
student will be graded based on the Group Activity grading rubric.

Don’t
forget to submit your assignment.

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Week 5 Assignment

GROUP PAPER
2

Your second
Group Activity is due this week, and is related to the following Case Study
from Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Who Murdered Jonathan Luna? Upon reading
the Case Study, you will work with your group to prepare a response to
Structured Analytic Techniques in Action Technique 2 Multiple Hypothesis
Generation—Simple Hypotheses Task 3 (pp. 72–73).

As you
develop your hypotheses and respond to each of the steps, don’t forget to
consider the following.

When
aggregating the hypotheses into affinity groups, consider multiple ways to
display the affinity groups.

Does
anything new come to light when considering the opposing viewpoint of the
problem restatement?

Be sure to
refine your hypothesis list to make the categories mutually exclusive.

Here are
some tips for success.

Using the
information learned in Chapter 12, assign tasks and roles to each team member.

Correspond
in the Team Discussion board in Week 4 regularly and create milestones for the
team.

Respond to
all steps and questions in the assignment and clearly label each step in your
analysis.

Your paper
should be approximately 750–1,000 words, double-spaced, and must include a
cover page and at least one reference in APA format.

Your grade
will be based on the Group Activity grading rubric.

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Week 7 Assignment

GROUP PAPER
3
Your final Group Activity is related to the following Case Study from Cases in
Intelligence Analysis: Who Poisoned Karinna Moskalenko? Upon reading the Case
Study, you will work with your group to prepare a response to Structured
Analytic Techniques in Action Technique 1: The Premortem Analysis and
Structured Self-Critique Task 1 (Steps 1–9) and Task 2 (pp. 17–18).

As you
develop your hypotheses and respond to each of the steps, don’t forget to
consider the following.

What new
evidence might come to light?

Are there
any alternative perpetrators of the crime?

Is there
good hard evidence in this case?

Here are
some tips for success.

Using the
information learned in Chapter 12, assign tasks and roles to each team member.

Correspond
in the Team Discussion board in Week 6 regularly and create milestones for the
team.

Respond to
all steps and questions in the assignment and clearly label each step in your
analysis.

Respond to
the Analytic Value Added after your steps are complete.

Your paper
should be approximately 750–1,000 words, double-spaced, and must include a
cover page and at least one reference in APA format.

Your grade
will be based on the Group Activity grading rubric.