ABSTRACT
Intelligence organizations manage themselves so as to produce relevant finished intelligence for purposes. The remarkable achievements of intelligence seem to have whetted the appetites and heightened the expectations of those who use the product, untempered by the failures that sometimes occur. Policy-level consumers have the right to demand the best intelligence possible. The administrative organization for Departmental Intelligence and for National Intelligence presents many of the same problems. The requirement for high professional performance and objectivity is greater for the intelligence analyst than for most social scientists. During the Soviet buildup of the past twenty years, intelligence analysts have witnessed the gradual change of the Soviet Navy from an essentially coastal defense force into an ocean-going "blue water" navy. The US Air Force, the newest separate arm of the services, has tended to emphasize strong staff structures, which include recognition of the role of intelligence in providing factual basis for long-range planning as well as in addressing current problems.
