http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/ en http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/coronavirus-pandemic-failure-leadership-not-intelligence <span>The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Failure in Leadership - Not Intelligence</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Fri, 04/03/2020 - 6:58pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Words mean things. The mantra of the best Senior Intelligence Analyst I know has a curt humor to it, but in our business, it is advice worth remembering. In a recent opinion piece for "Foreign Policy", political scientist and author, Micah Zenko describes the leadership shortcomings of the Trump administration throughout the COVID-19 crisis. The article’s title? “The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History.” Words mean things.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/coronavirus-pandemic-failure-leadership-not-intelligence" rel="tag" title="The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Failure in Leadership - Not Intelligence" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Failure in Leadership - Not Intelligence</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/coronavirus-pandemic-failure-leadership-not-intelligence#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">1 comment</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/658/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1632478553" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:58:08 +0000 SWJED 137420 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/intelligence-officer-careers-and-how-get-one <span>Intelligence Officer Careers and How to Get One</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sun, 09/30/2018 - 4:28pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Students often ask me how to get a job in the Intelligence Community. I wrote this article to share some best practices for securing a career as an Intelligence Officer. This article reflects my 34 years of experience in that career field with three different agencies.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/intelligence-officer-careers-and-how-get-one" rel="tag" title="Intelligence Officer Careers and How to Get One" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Intelligence Officer Careers and How to Get One</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/intelligence-officer-careers-and-how-get-one#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">2 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/658/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1639647624" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:28:23 +0000 SWJED 106355 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/why-a-dni-why-an-odni <article data-history-node-id="59845" role="article" class="article teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/jrnl/art/why-a-dni-why-an-odni" rel="bookmark"><span>Why a DNI? Why an ODNI?</span> </a> </h2> <footer> <article> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="masquerade.callbacks:renderCacheLink" arguments="0=4" token="2JcDkyvoNdz7AbcUTZXDTgfSvABuLH-TUc0jYOzfCs0"></drupal-render-placeholder></article> <div class="author"> <span>Thu, 01/19/2017 - 1:07am</span> </div> </footer> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The DNI and the ODNI have legitimate work to be done and a major effort to rewire the Intelligence Community is not now called for.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/jrnl/art/why-a-dni-why-an-odni" rel="tag" title="Why a DNI? Why an ODNI?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Why a DNI? Why an ODNI?</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> <h2>About the Author(s)</h2> <div class="views-element-container form-group"></div> </div> </article> Thu, 19 Jan 2017 06:07:05 +0000 SWJED 59845 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com