1. Who Poisoned Karinna Moskalenko?
2. The Anthrax Killer
3. Cyber H2O
4. Is Wen Ho Lee a Spy?
5. Jousting with Cuba over Radio Marti
6. The Road to Tarin Kowt
7. Who Murdered Jonathan Luna?
8. The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
9. Death in the Southwest
10. The Atlanta Olympics Bombing
11. The DC Sniper
12. Colombia′s FARC Attacks the US Homeland
13. Understanding Revolutionary Organization 17 November
14. Defending Mumbai from Terrorist Attack
15. Iranian Meddling in Bahrain
16. Shades of Orange in Ukraine
17. Violence Erupts in Belgrade
Sarah Miller Beebe began thinking about a book of cases during her
career as an analyst and manager at the Central Intelligence
Agency. A variety of broadening experiences, including an
assignment as director for Russia on the National Security Council
staff and a position as a national counterintelligence officer at
the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, drove
home the need for rigorous and effective approaches to intelligence
analysis. It became apparent to her that cases could not only teach
important analytic lessons surrounding historical events but also
give analysts experience using a question-based thinking approach
underpinned by practical techniques to improve their analyses. Now,
as owner of Ascendant Analytics, she helps organizations apply such
techniques against their specific analytic problems.
Randolph H. Pherson is president of Pherson Associates, LLC; CEO of
Globalytica, LLC; and a founding director of the nonprofit Forum
Foundation for Analytic Excellence. He teaches advanced analytic
techniques and critical thinking skills to analysts in the
government and private sector. Mr. Pherson collaborated with
Richards Heuer Jr. in developing and launching use of Analysis of
Competing Hypotheses, and he developed several analytic techniques
for the CIA’s Sherman Kent School, many of which were incorporated
in his Handbook of Analytic Tools and Techniques. He coauthored
Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence with Katherine Hibbs
Pherson, Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic
Techniques in Action with Sarah Miller Beebe, and several other
guides for analysts on writing, briefing, indicators, and managing
the production process. Mr. Pherson completed a twenty-eight-year
career in the Intelligence Community in 2000, last serving as
National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for Latin America. Previously
at the CIA, Mr. Pherson managed the production of intelligence
analysis on topics ranging from global instability to Latin
America, served on the Inspector General’s staff, and was chief of
the CIA’s Strategic Planning and Management Staff. He is the
recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal for his service
as NIO and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. Mr. Pherson
received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. in
international relations from Yale University.
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