What Do You Understand By The Term ‘Intelligence’ & What Are Its Major Elements? Examine Critically & Discuss The Element Of ‘Collection’ & Its Essential Characteristics
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What Do You Understand By The Term 'Intelligence' & What Are Its Major Elements? Examine Critically & Discuss The Element Of 'Collection' & Its Essential Characteristics Assignment no. 2 Words: 2,500 "Sizing up opponents to assess dangers and distances is the proper course of action" (Sun Tzu) Intelligence is a term that is definite yet broad as it encompasses vast vicinity. Depending on the context, it has different forms. Intelligence has main elements of planning, collection, analysis, processing, production and dissemination. The element of collection is cosmic with an immense amount of sources where intelligence can be gathered from. While the definition and importances of intelligence are somewhat controversial, there is a consensus on the definition relating to security and collection. The essential characteristics of collection are mainly from human sources or open source intelligence. It is widely understood that intelligence is "the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or...


