Richards 'Dick' J. Heuer (1927 - 2018) - Wed, Oct 17 2018

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Richards 'Dick' J. Heuer, Jr. was a CIA veteran of 45 years and most known for his work on analysis of competing hypotheses and his book, Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. The former provides a methodology for overcoming intelligence biases…

Albert Cruywagen RIP...

“Dick influenced analysis at the CIA more than any other single person.” Former CIA Director Michael Morell “Do You Really Need More Information? The US Intelligence Community invests heavily in improved intelligence collection…

Albert Cruywagen “Dick influenced analysis at the CIA more than any other single person.” - Former CIA Director Michael Morell

Today we learned of the passing of Richards J. (Dick) Heuer. So many of us were influenced by Dick Heuer and his writings. His first public writing on the discipline of intelligence analysis began in 1979 upon his retirement from the CIA. Later he…

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Center for the Study of Intelligence The process of perception links people to their environment and is critical to accurate understanding of the world about us. Accurate intelligence analysis obviously requires accurate perception. Yet research…

This article is about the process of analysis. For assessment, see Intelligence assessment. For management, see Intelligence analysis management. For the cycle, see Intelligence cycle management. This article is written like a personal reflection…

Presentation to the “Conference on Learning the Lessons of All-Source Intelligence Analysis” sponsored by State/INR and ODNI/IC Lessons Learned Center, Washington DC, 1 July 2008. Small Group Processes for Intelligence Analysis…