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Originally Posted by CIHuntR1
. I got the impression that S-2s may have been coming in light with what was given to ODA since the 96 could not articulate PIRs. Was unsure if they were being protective of the team Commanders or protective of their jobs. .
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I have found over the years that it is not normally the folks at ground level not being able to articulate PIRs as the primary problem. When it comes to working in areas where the US seems to think it has an immediate interest driven by factors other than true national interest with clearly defined outcomes, the problem lies at higher leves where folks who conceive of these "missions" fail to adequately define the requirements for the "mission". What you are left with are folks within the "intelligence community" who try to fall back on templates and checklists built to fight yesterday's conflicts. There is not an ODA in existence, who given a mission and access to the material needed to complete an area study, that cannot define its own intelligence requirements. The problem arises when those requirements are passed to the "intelligence community" for resolution that it does not fit into how the "intelligence community" either see their world or they question why resources should be "squandered" on providing what seems to be low level requirements. We can argue about tactical vs operational vs strategic, but then for want of a nail-etc.