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Professor Loch Johnson discusses intelligence and the importance of intelligence agencies. Intelligence agencies are responsible for the collection and analysis of information, as well as counterintelligence and covert action. Johnson discusses the controversies of intelligence, intelligence in popular culture, and the challenges associated with researching intelligence and intelligence agencies.
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Chapter 1: How Would You Define Intelligence and National Security? How Would You Explain it to Your Students?
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Chapter 2: Could You Speak to the Historical Development of Intelligence Agencies?
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Chapter 3: What is the Role of an Intelligence Organization? What are the Primary Missions of Intelligence?
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Chapter 4: What are Some of the Key Ways Intelligence Organizations Will Go About Intelligence Collection and Analysis? Why do Intelligence Organizations Make Mistakes in Assessing World Events? Can You Give a Classic Example?
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Chapter 5: What Would You Consider to be the New U.S. National Security Problems for the 21st Century?
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Chapter 6: What are Some of the Wider Dilemmas Posed by the Existence of Secret Government Organizations in Supposedly "Open" Societies?
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Chapter 7: What is the Relationship Between Intelligence Agencies, Military Organization, and Civilian Policy Departments?
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Chapter 8: What Safeguards are in Place to Prevent the Misuse of the Power Held by Intelligence Agencies?
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Chapter 9: Do You Feel that it is a Necessary Evil for the U.S. to Spy on Its Citizens?
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Chapter 10: What are Some of the Opportunities and Challenges Connected with Outsourcing Intelligence Operations?
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Chapter 11: How Important is Theory in the Study of Intelligence? Which Key Thinkers or Theories Have Most Inspired You?
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Chapter 12: What are the Major Academic Debates in This Field? What are the Principal Areas of Contention and Why?
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Chapter 13: What New Research Directions do You Find Most Exciting, and Where Would You Like to Take Your Own Research?
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Chapter 14: How Important are Research Methodology and Methods for a Rigorous Analysis of the Topic? What are the Key Research Methods that You Employ?
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Chapter 15: Why do You Think Spying and Intelligence Agencies are Often Portrayed in Popular Culture?
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Chapter 16: If You Were to Recommend One Novel or Film to Get Students Thinking About Key Issues in This Field, Which One Would it Be and Why?
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Chapter 17: What Does the Future Hold for This Field? What Will be the Key Challenges to Intelligence Work?
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