(U) 'Data Is Net Intelligence' FROM: Repetting Beard Run Date: These werds came frem Dr. Themas Fingar (pictured) in his kejvnete address at the Analytic Transfermatien esium in Chicage en 5 September. Such a streng reminder at the epening ef his address was intended te remind these at the sympesium ef the impertance he and the Directer ef Natienal Intelligence, the Henerable J. Michael McCennell, place en impreving analysis threugheut the Intelligence Cemmunity. Dr. Fingar, the Deputy Directer ef Natienal Intelligence fer Analysis, made this statement at the ep ening ef the sympesium sp ensered by the Intelligence and Natienal Security Alliance, a nen-prefit, nen-p artisan public pelicy ferum fecusing en intelligence and natienal security issues. The sympesium was held in Chicage, frem 4 te 6 September 2111?. Dr. Fingar centinued by saying that "intelligence cemes frem the brains ef He clearly wanted these attending the sympesium te understand his view ef the impertance ef the analytic precess in preducing intelligence. The emphasis threugheut his remarks was that the Intelligence Cemmunity must transferm its analytic missien. The transfermatien is being effected in three areas: enhancing the quality ef analytic preducts; managing the missien mere effectively at a Cemmunity level; and building mere integrated analytic ep eratiens acress the Intelligence Cemmunity. Te enhance the quality ef analytic preducts, themselves must impreve. They can de this by receiving mere and better fermal training, and by centinuing te learn threugh experience and mentering frem mere esp erienced In additien, they must alter mindsets that keep them frem sharing infermatien, especially that which weuld impreve an intelligence preduct. An adjunct te changing mindsets abeut sharing infermatien is establishing trust between and ameng as a way te impreve the quality ef analytic preducts. In an esplanatien ef hew te manage the analytic missien mere effectively at the Cemmunity level, Dr. Fingar reviewed the and Library ef Natienal Intelligence pregrams. While seme leaders might censider these twe pregrams mere as teels, Dr. Fingar stressed that they were pregrams te help enhance preducts. lit-Space will previde a virtual envirenment in which can werk en data and cellaberate. The LN I will give a research facility that will help them gather already-disseminated intelligence en a tepic. The effert te build mere integrated analytic eperatiens invelves, in part, greatly impreving cellaberatien. Setting cemmen standards is a key te cellaberatien, and cellaberatien will enhance the quality ef analytic preducts, accerding te Dr. Fingar. He emphasised that the IC analytic standards recently appreved were a step, but enly a step. He called fer "transparency" in intelligence analysis; that is, that all analysis has te be repreducible. Fellewing established cemmen standards will help ensure transparency. Mere imp ertantly, cellaberatien will help establish an analytic cemmunity. Dr. Fingar's address set the tene fer the rest ef the sympesium. The peint was that the quality ef intelligence preducts must impreve--must "transferm." The mest impertant part in the transfermatien is the analyst. In training better, by enceuraging them te learn centinually threugh esp erience and mentering, preduct will impreve. Mere effective management, threugh pregrarns such as and the LNI, w?l help give data and intelligence they need, and a better environment in which tn werk. Cellabcrratien is encenraged and made easier by these pregrarns, and cellaheratien is part at building integrated en eratiens. All at these tegether will help ensure that the qualityr cf analytic receive intelligence, net data.