Download or read book Strategic Intelligence: Counterintelligence and counterterrorism : defending the nation against hostile forces written by Loch K. Johnson and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While several fine texts on intelligence have been published over the past decade, there is no complementary set of volumes that addresses the subject in a comprehensive manner for the general reader. This major set explains how the sixteen major U.S. intelligence agencies operate, how they collect information from around the world, the problems they face in providing further insight into this "raw" information through the techniques of analysis, and the difficulties that accompany the dissemination of intelligence to policymakers in a timely manner.