Declining National Security Spending - Implications for Intelligence

On February 15th, Dr. Mark Lowenthal, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council, spoke at the Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory Rethinking Seminar Series. Dr. Lowenthal, who is now the President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy, discussed current Intelligence Community challenges including:

• The Intelligence budget and how to think about cutting it
• Intel workforce and education 
• Data versus knowledge debates and innovation in Intel 
• Standards for assessing Intelligence 

Condensed, bulletized notes for Dr. Lowenthal's talk are available on the JHU/APL Rethinking Seminar website as well as audio and video versions of the event. Notes on this talk and other recent geo-political events are also available through the www.NotableThinking.com. All notes are in PDF format.

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