Instructor(s)
Prof. Barry Posen
Prof. Harvey Sapolsky
Prof. Robert Vickers
MIT Course Number
17.951
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This course will explore the organization and functions of the U.S. Intelligence Community, its interaction with national security policymakers, key issues about its workings, and the challenges it faces in defining its future role. The events of 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq have focused new attention on national intelligence, including the most significant reorganization of the community since the National Security Act of 1947. The course will highlight some of the major debates about the role, practices, and problems of national intelligence.