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1365: 366:. He discussed several topics related to national security and intelligence. In that interview, Dr. Lowenthal expressed his opinion that the overall community was appropriately sized, but that the experience levels of the community were extraordinarily low. He went on to indicate that the staff of the ODNI was too large and should be evaluated for downsizing. 315:, but 77 voted to authorize the use of force. As analytically flawed as that estimate might have been, the one intelligence "sin" the council did not commit was "politicization" -- that is, writing what the policymaker wants to hear. Even the Senate intelligence committee's investigation of the Iraq NIE agreed; it wasn't politicized to support invasion." 352:
Lowenthal was quoted as saying, "I think, unfortunately, a lot of this is pandering to a bunch of commissions that have no understanding of what we do for a living, or the nature of our work, and to a workforce. And I don't think that's a sufficient ground for a transformation. And so I'm left here
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Lowenthal has been one of several voices in opposition to the initiatives to change the way the Intelligence Community produces analysis. He serves the intelligence community as the President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC, which is a national security education, training,
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for intelligence collection requirements. It is the basis upon which all analysis and production decisions are made and ultimately impacts all members of the Intelligence Community. Reportedly, Lowenthal also started a process to evaluate the Community's performance against the NIPF. This function
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His total cash winnings were $ 159,901, plus $ 10,000 from the Battle of the Decades. He returned for the quarterfinals of the Battle of the Decades, and was matched up against 2009 Grand Champion Dan Pawson and all-time money winner
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and a recognized national security affairs expert. Upon his retirement, he was commended for his work and commitment to the intelligence community by the New Jersey Congressman
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The 2002 estimate claiming that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction had little influence on anyone's decision about going to war. Only six senators actually read the
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to report on and to senior policymakers on the progress the Intelligence Community was making against its directed areas for exploration.
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champion. The book was marketed as an instruction manual for prospective contestants on "America's favorite question-and-answer game".
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in Baltimore, Maryland. He has written five books and over 90 articles or studies on intelligence and national security. His book
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Lowenthal contends that given the information available at the time, it would not have been possible to determine the absence of
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Lowenthal is married to Cynthia Lowenthal. Together, they have two children, Sarah and Adam. The family resides in
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As the Assistant Director, Lowenthal was instrumental in having the Intelligence Community adopt the
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and won $ 5,000 after losing his first round game, and in 2014, he won in the first round of the
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The U.S. Intelligence Community: An Annotated Bibliography (Organizations and Interest Groups)
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Leadership & Indecision (Harvard Dissertations in American History and Political Science)
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In 2007, Lowenthal attended the ODNI's Analytic Transformation conference held in
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U.S. Intelligence: Evolution and Anatomy Second Edition (The Washington Papers)
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As the ADCIAP, Lowenthal was one of the key coordinators and evaluators of the
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for Analysis and Production and former Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the
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In 2005, Lowenthal retired from a prolific career working with the
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Lowenthal was a successful contestant on the American game show
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to resolve some of the most pressing reforms in the community.
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Lowenthal is a notable contestant on the American game show
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in that year. In 1990, Lowenthal was a quarterfinalist on
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In 1995, Lowenthal served as the staff director of the
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has become a standard undergraduate and graduate text.
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Index


United States
Brooklyn College
BA
Harvard University
PhD
Director of Central Intelligence
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
United States Intelligence Community
Rush D. Holt Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives
Central Intelligence
National Intelligence Council
U.S. State Department
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Jeopardy!
Reston, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Intelligence Community
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
CIA
National Intelligence Council
Director of National Intelligence
9/11
WMD Commissions
ODNI
National Intelligence Priorities Framework

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