1. The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend -- 2. Leveraging Diasporas -- 3. Marriage of Convenience: NGOs and U.S. Intelligence Agency Cooperation -- 4. SOF for Life: A Potential Intelligence Force Multiplier -- Concluding Remarks
This paper focuses on intelligence operations within denied areas and how these operations today differ from those of the Cold War period. Today, the preeminent threat is transnational, violent terrorist groups that operate under the cover of failed or weak states, as well as under the civil protections afforded in western liberal democracies. Howard focuses on the operational environments in failed or weak states as he discusses ways to improve intelligence targeting and collection in these challenging areas. Offered in this paper are four ideas for leveraging diverse groups -- criminals, diasporas, NGOs, and SOF retirees -- to help intelligence organizations collect intelligence-producing information from denied areas where technical assets have limited success and regular HUMINT assets have difficulty operating. None of these ideas are entirely new. All have been used in the past, and are used now in some fashion -- albeit not very often and, in the case of diasporas, are used mostly by our adversaries. Individually or collectively -- these four intelligence force multipliers could help win the global war on terrorism
