Question

Provide a working definition of each of these two types of intelligence (law enforcement intelligence and national security intelligence). In your definitions, be sure to address the following questions: What are the primary objectives of each of these types of intelligence? Who are the consumers of each of these types of intelligence? How do these two primary types of intelligence support or conflict with the civil liberties protected by our Constitution?

Answer 1

Answer:

Law Enforcement Intelligence: The Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) is an organization designed to facilitate intelligence sharing between state and locallaw enforcement agencies.

intelligence is the end product of an analytic process that evaluates information collected from diverse sources; integrates the relevant information into a logical package; and produces a conclusion, estimate, or forecast about a criminal phenomenon by using the scientific approach to problem solving (that is, analysis). Intelligence, therefore, is a synergistic product intended to provide meaningful and trustworthy actionable knowledge to law enforcement decision makers about complex criminality, criminal enterprises, criminal extremists, and terrorists.

The law enforcement intelligence function has essentially two broad purposes:
1. Prevention involves gaining or developing information related to threats of terrorism or crime and using it to apprehend offenders, harden targets, and use strategies that will eliminate or mitigate the threat. Two generally accepted types of intelligence are specifically oriented toward prevention:
a. Tactical Intelligence. Actionable intelligence about imminent or
near-term threats that is disseminated to the line functions of a law
enforcement agency for purposes of developing and implementing
preventive, and/or mitigating, response plans and activities.
b. Operational Intelligence. Actionable intelligence about long-term
threats that is used to develop and implement preventive responses.
Most commonly, operational intelligence is used for long-term inquiries
into suspected criminal enterprises and complex multijurisdictional
criminality.

National Security Intelligence:The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a federation of 16 separate United States government intelligence agencies and a 17th administrative office, that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities to support the foreign policy and national security of the United States.

the main purpose of intelligence is to provide information to policymakers that may help illuminate their decision options. A leading intelligence official has suggested that the goal is one of “eliminating or reducing uncertainty for government decision-makers”.

National security intelligence can refer to more than an information product, though. It can mean a process as well. Although it is easy enough to state the core purpose of intelligence—providing information to policymakers—the challenge of actually gathering, assessing, and delivering useful insights to those who make decisions is an intricate matter. As many a grand strategist has lamented (for example, Murray and Gimsley 1994), uncertainty and ambiguity dominate the environment in which decisions are made in Washington, D.C., and every other world capital. The process of collecting information, along with its analysis and dissemination to policymakers, is often known as the “intelligence cycle”.