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Intelligence Report Assignment

The intelligence report requires analytical thinking and avoids reportorial content. This type of report presents concise and direct explanation of events, interpretations of the event's significance, forward-thinking recommendations, and the implications of events and actions. In other words, the intelligence report involves an in-depth report with analytical commentary.

Primary questions to ask yourself about how to think about the intelligence product

The evaluative purpose of the assessment report asks you to reflect on the following questions as you draft your report:

Question 1: What is known?

Question 2: What is new or being done differently?

Question 3: What has changed? Why has it changed?

Question 4: Why is it happening now?

Question 5: Who are the actors/drivers? What are the goals and/or broader concerns of the principal actors?

Question 6: What factors influence success or failure? Are the actors aware of these factors? Do they have a strategy/program to deal with the factors? What are the threats, if any?

Question 7: What are the prospects for success and what are the implications for the actors, the broader concerns, the United States, and other countries?

Question 8: What's next? What assumptions do we face?

Question 9: What are the anticipated consequences?

Question 10: Are there any alternatives or opportunities?