Intelligence cycle

The intelligence cycle is an idealized model of how intelligence is processed in civilian and military intelligence agencies, and law enforcement organizations. The Intelligence Cycle was invented in the United States in 1948 by Phillip Davidson and Robert Glass while they were serving as staffers at the United States Army Command and General Staff College. From the US Army, the theory was spread throughout the intelligence field, where it is the most popular working theory of intelligence management today. It is a closed path consisting of repeating nodes, which (if followed) will result in finished intelligence. The stages of the intelligence cycle include the issuance of requirements by decision makers, collection, processing, analysis, and publication (i.e., dissemination) of intelligence. The circuit is completed when decision makers provide feedback and revised requirements. The intelligence cycle is also called intelligence process by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the uniformed services.

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