Improve U.S. Intelligence

Knowing is Everything

By adopting key strategies and continuously innovating, we can strengthen our U.S. intelligence capabilities to more effectively and comprehensively address evolving threats and safeguard national security interests that are facing us every hour of the day.

Effective foreign and defense policies for America also require improving U.S. intelligence, which involves a multifaceted approach encompassing various strategies, technologies, and methodologies.

Here are several ways, I believe, we can enhance U.S. intelligence capabilities:

• Conducting risk assessment and analysis: Our intelligence capabilities are improved by developing sophisticated risk assessment and analysis frameworks to prioritize intelligence collection and allocate resources effectively based on the threat level and potential impact.  This effort coincides with my proposal for a more consistent and predictable foreign policy mechanism called the Three Trinity Doctrine.

• Adaptation to emerging threats: Staying abreast of emerging threats, such as cyber warfare, disinformation campaigns, and unconventional warfare tactics, is vital to protecting America. Continuously adapting intelligence strategies and capabilities to address evolving challenges in the global security landscape must be an ongoing priority.

• Investing more in technology: Continuously investing in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and cyber capabilities is critical to a robust intelligence program in the United States. These technologies can help process vast amounts of data efficiently, identify patterns, and predict potential threats.

• Greater collaboration and information sharing: Fostering greater cooperation and information sharing among intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, international partners, and the private sector is essential to a robust intelligence capability as well. Breaking down information silos and sharing resources can lead to a more comprehensive intelligence picture and better coordination in addressing threats as they become evident and even before they do.

• Human intelligence development: We must invest more resources in recruiting, training, and retaining skilled human intelligence officers who can gather valuable information through direct engagement and interaction with sources on the ground.

• More efficient and effective counterintelligence measures: By strengthening America’s counterintelligence efforts to detect and mitigate threats posed by foreign intelligence services, cyber adversaries, and insider threats, we will improve our intelligence capabilities in measurable ways. This includes enhancing security protocols, conducting regular security assessments, and implementing insider threat detection programs.

• Integrating open-source intelligence: We must better utilize open-source intelligence from publicly available information sources such as social media, news outlets, and academic publications. Integrating open-source intelligence into traditional intelligence methods can provide a broader understanding of global events and emerging threats.

• Ethical considerations: Ensuring that intelligence gathering and analysis adhere to ethical standards, legal frameworks, and respect for civil liberties and privacy rights, should be a given in American intelligence policy. Upholding ethical principles is essential for maintaining public trust and credibility.

• Transparency and accountability: Hand-in-hand with ethical considerations comes promoting greater transparency and accountability within the intelligence community through oversight mechanisms, congressional scrutiny, and independent reviews. Transparency also builds public confidence and helps identify areas for improvement.

• Investing in education and training: Rounding out ethical considerations, transparency, and accountability is providing ongoing education and training programs to intelligence professionals to enhance their skills, knowledge, and expertise in emerging technologies, tradecraft, and geopolitical developments.