Why Intelligence Reform Matters

The publication of several intelligence community studies and papers illustrates that little serious thought is being applied to the issue of intelligence reform. Platitudes, recycling failed policies, and the inability to deal with the real world guarantees future intelligence failures and a precipitous decline in intelligence community capabilities. How do we enact real reform and build a community that is prepared to deal with current and future threats? This report, authored by Center for Threat Awareness Senior Fellow Michael Tanji, addresses these issues directly.