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intelligence
intelligence in psychology, the general mental ability involved in calculating, reasoning, perceiving relationships and analogies, learning quickly, storing and retrieving information, using language fluently, classifying, generalizing, and adjusting to new situations. Alfred Binet , the French... Read more |
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Directorate of Intelligence
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medical intelligence
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Intelligence Officer
Intelligence Officer An intelligence officer is a professional employed by an intelligence service. Members of the intelligence community make sharp distinctions between intelligence officers and intelligence agents, who are outsiders employed by the intelligence agency.... Read more |
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Technical Intelligence
Technical Intelligence Technical intelligence, or TECHINT, is intelligence relating to the technical abilities of an enemy. It does not fall under just one of the four major branches of intelligence; rather, TECHINT includes elements of imagery, measurement and signatures,... Read more |
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Military intelligence
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Although the means have grown more sophisticated, the basic function of military intelligence (voyennaya razvedka ) has remained unchanged: collecting, analyzing and disseminating information about the enemy's intentions and its ability to carry them out. Since the Soviet era,... Read more |
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Intelligence tests
INTELLIGENCE TESTS INTELLIGENCE TESTS. Although the tests created specifically to gauge intelligence were introduced to the United States in the early twentieth century, their roots go back much farther, even to exams in ancient China. The American tests, however, emerged directly from the work of... Read more |
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intelligent design
intelligent design theory that some complex biological structures and other aspects of nature show evidence of having been designed by an intelligence. Such biological structures are said to have intricate components that are so highly interdependent and so essential to a particular function or... Read more |
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Competitive intelligence
Economic Espionage ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT Economic espionage, sometimes known as industrial espionage, is spying conducted for the benefit of a commercial or industrial enterprise, typically to gain information not available through open channels. (By contrast, economic... Read more |
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artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence (AI), the use of computers to model the behavioral aspects of human reasoning and learning. Research in AI is concentrated in some half-dozen areas. In problem solving, one must proceed from a beginning (the initial state) to the end (the goal state) via a limited number... Read more |
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intelligence
intelligence • noun 1. a man of great intelligence synonyms: intellectual capacity, mental capacity...informal braininess. 2. we're awaiting the latest intelligence from our operatives synonyms: information, facts, details... |
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absurd
...found herself in the absurd position of having to defend the intelligence of a cockroach). Ludicrous applies to whatever is so incongruous...herself look ridiculous). Foolish behavior shows a lack of intelligence or good judgment (it was foolish to keep that much money... |
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mentality
...disposition, makeup. 2. of low-grade mentalitysynonyms: intellect, intellectual capabilities, intelligence, IQ (= intelligence quotient), brainpower, brains, mind, comprehension, understanding, wit, rationality, powers of... |
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stupid
...slow, unintelligent If you want to impugn someone's intelligence, the options are almost limitless. You can call the person...a term that implies a sluggish, slow-witted lack of intelligence. Asinine is a harsher word, implying asslike or foolish... |
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letter
...missive, dispatch; correspondence, news, information, intelligence, word; post, mail; formal epistle. See table. 3...scholarship, erudition, education, knowledge; intellect, intelligence, enlightenment, wisdom, sagacity, culture. phrase... |
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spy
spy • noun a foreign spy synonyms: secret agent, intelligence agent, double agent, undercover agent, counterspy...she spied for the West synonyms: be a spy, gather intelligence, work for the secret service; informal snoop. 2... |
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aptness
aptness • noun 1. the aptness of the remarksynonyms: suitability, appropriateness, applicability.See apt 1. 2. the aptness of the studentsynonyms: quickness, brightness, sharpness, cleverness, intelligence.See apt 3. |
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capability
...efficiency, effectiveness, proficiency, accomplishment, talent, adeptness, skill, skillfulness, experience, cleverness, intelligence, smartness.See capable. 2. offer capabilitiessynonyms: talent, gifts, skill, aptitude, flair, knack, forte... |
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commander
commander • noun he is commander of an intelligence unit in Bogotasynonyms: leader, head, chief, overseer, controller; commander-in-chief, C in C, commanding officer, CO, officer... |
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dope
...narcotics; cannabis, heroin, cocaine. 2. what a dope! See fool noun sense 1. 3. give me the dope on Mr. Dixon. See intelligence sense 2. • verb 1. the horse was doped synonyms: drug, administer drugs/narcotics to, tamper with, interfere with... |
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Intelligence leaks anger Obama; sharing rethought.(PAGE ONE)
...disclosures of classified information in Washington and the intelligence community is re-evaluating the post-Sept. 11 push for greater intelligence-sharing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Wednesday. We are working on information... |
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The Intelligence Skills Gap: Building the Right Workforce to Meet Our...
...retention, and engagement of skilled intelligence personnel. Despite multiple attempts to improve the intelligence workforce, including the establishment...Security (DHS) and the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act... |
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INTELLIGENCE WAS ACCURATE; ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT
...following column: The Senate Intelligence Committee, on which I serve...conventional wisdom that "pre-war intelligence on Iraq was way off." That...right because half of the key intelligence was wrong but the critically... |
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Intelligence Community Audit Act Introduced in Senate by Sen. Akaka
...Akaka, D-Hawaii, has introduced the Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2006 (S. 3968...and financial transactions of the intelligence community." The bill, introduced...referred to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. For more information about this report... |
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Intelligence Oversight In Free Fall
...about America's accident-prone intelligence agencies, it seems clear that the...around: When the Senate and House intelligence committees were created in 1975 after...maintain the same bonds of secrecy as the intelligence community itself. The intelligence... |
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Intelligence Bill Unlikely to Be Ready by Nov. 2, Negotiators Say
...bills to restructure the nation's intelligence community, announced minimal progress...getting agreement on the new national intelligence director (NID) and a national counterterrorism...reshape the government's approach to intelligence and anti-terrorism efforts, the... |
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INTELLIGENCE REQUIRES TEAM EFFORT, CLAPPER TELLS SENATE
...Clapper, Jr., the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and President Barack Obama's nominee as director of national intelligence, said during his confirmation hearing today that intelligence is a team effort and the DNI is in a unique... |
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Intelligence in Support of Strategic Signal Units
...policy or position of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, the Departments of the Army and...particularly in combat arms units, who brings intelligence to the commander, especially intelligence pertaining to the unit's mission. After... |
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Intelligence Critique Fatigue
...the well-publicized recent intelligence failures for one thing: the...genre of the beautifully written intelligence critique. First came the report...report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States... |
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Intelligence Agencies Pose Complex Conundrum for Administration
...in introducing a wide-ranging intelligence reorganization bill -- one that would...complex interrelationships in the U.S. intelligence community. Even the relatively simple...by creating the post of a national intelligence director, giving that person budgetary... |
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