Writing Classified and Unclassified Papers for National Security: A Scarecrow Professional Intelligence Education Series Manual

Since 9/11, the profession of intelligence has come under increased scrutiny. Written products have been criticized for lack of clarity or for unconvincing arguments. Nations have gone to war based on what was considered the best available intelligence, only to learn later that it had been flawed. A lack of standards for written products across the Intelligence Community has adversely impacted those products and those who depend upon them.

Writing Classified and Unclassified Papers for Natio...