Information Sharing in Support of Strategic Intelligence
November 2004
Peter Sharfman, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
As we plan and work to improve the quality and the quantity of intelligence to support
actions to counter terrorism, we must distinguish between tactical intelligence and
strategic intelligence. Tactical intelligence is sufficiently specific, sufficiently detailed,
and sufficiently reliable to form the basis for immediate action; in fact, it is sometimes
referred to as "actionable intelligence." Strategic intelligence, in contrast, lacks the
specificity necessary to direct operations, but because its content is believed to be valid
for a period of years, it can be used to support the allocation of resources—including
decisions to invest in order to create future capabilities—or political measures which by
their nature could be effective only over a period of time.
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