Homeland Security

Reading the material of intelligence cycle and how it is put together, I think they have a good structure. The first step they have is planning and direction. There is a saying “knowing is half the battle” and I believe that execution of what you know is what wins a war. So for my first step of my cycle would be similar to the first step in the reading material. You must have a plan before you can execute a mission. The plan gives you the purpose to move in the right direction. The second part of the intelligence cycle is collect. I wouldn’t collect quite yet. I would analysis the plan that we produced first. The reason why I would analysis our plan is to make sure we are not putting America at risk of exposure or attack while carrying out the mission. Once I analysis the plan and see fit that it is a low risk I will then proceed to collect information. After collecting information, I would then prioritize what information collected should be hit the hardest as far as in most critical to the mission. Then I would pick through the information with attention to detail to make sure we don’t miss any messages from the information collected. After coming up with a final product. I would submit my work to office of the director of national intelligence. It would be up to them to determine who the information should be given out to. My cycle is really no different from the cycle from the reading material. Only thing different about mine is after I plan I would analysis my plan for risk, safety, and exposure of the mission. I think the original intelligence cycle is a strong cycle and is a productive cycle. The cycle reminds me of what the military uses when collecting information. The military does a lot of recon missions before execution of the intelligence they receive. All in all, my intelligence cycle would be along the lines of what I read in the reading material. No need to fix something that is not broken. If the system is productive and gets the job done then I will use the system until otherwise.