Provides a working definition of intelligence and a history of intelligence as practiced in the United States
Offers past and recent case examples of intelligence successes, failures, and lessons learned
Covers intelligence writing, military intelligence, the intelligence cycle, and laws governing intelligence
Includes the latest developments in Homeland Security as related to Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the intelligence community as a whole
Examines collections, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert operations
New edition has been updated and includes material on new issues such as: WikiLeaks, ISIS, the Senate's report on CIA use of torture, the Ebola epidemic, and Russia's incursion into Ukraine
