ABSTRACT

Enhanced analysis: Transforming information into intelligence Enhanced analysis is where “the rubber meets the road.” Up to this point in the analytical process, personnel have primarily been cleaning data and analyzing information using broad approaches. Transforming the information into quality intelligence requires time and skill. Whether some forms of analysis are art or science is debatable. In the case of homeland security and terrorism analysis, it is both. Methods employed by an analyst can be replicated for use on many different fronts. In addition, there are numerous scientic models and tools available for analysts that can be utilized by anyone to prove or verify information. Data should yield the same results whoever undertakes the process.