Articles
9/11 and the Nature of Intelligence Collection and Analysis — April 28, 2004
IBPP Editor
This article discusses Condoleeza Rice’s April 8, 2004 testimony before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (US). The author focuses on the nature of intelligence collection and analysis, and their goal - to find actionable intelligence in response to terrorist acts.
A Thematic Content Analysis of National Anthems: Europe vs. Members of the Arab League — April 28, 2004
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The authors conduct a political psychological analysis of national anthems from European, African, and Middle Eastern nations. Their results focus on the difference between anthems of European nations and members of the Arab League, and potential reasons behind those differences.
Condoleeza Rice: History as Herstory — April 28, 2004
IBPP Editor
The author discusses the content and context of a classified briefing on Al Qaeda received by President Bush on August 6, 2001, and whether that briefing sufficed as a warning of the subsequent September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Demonizing Science and Industry — April 28, 2004
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The author discusses the perception that leaders in science and industry seeking power or setting down confining constraints to personal behavior as well as the converse of “…following where one’s heart and soul leads.” The author continues by positing that both sets of beliefs offer similar types of mental constraints.
Intelligence and Weapons of Mass Destruction — April 28, 2004
IBPP Editor
The author discusses the ramifications of the lack of epistemological underpinnings from which the rightness or wrongness regarding WMD in Iraq can be constructed and adjudicated.
