INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence

Intelligence

Intelligence is the collecting and processing of that information about foreign countries and their agents which is needed by a government for its foreign policy and for national security, the conduct of non-attributable activities abroad to facilitate the implementation of foreign policy, and the protection of both process and product, as well as persons and organizations concerned with these, against unauthorized disclosure (Wheaton and Beerbower, 2006).

For many people, the "intelligence" is a misunderstanding, and certainly not "strategic" word. Made up of many James Bond image, or at least, George Smiley, wisdom, is all about secrets and spying. Spyware, bugs, ...