14 Jan REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 1 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

Throughout the course, you will keep a journal based on the questions and activities described below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included.

The subject matter for your Week 1 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words and must include a cover page, citations, and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 1 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below. This week, you have been introduced to the concept of structured analytic techniques.

Define structured analytic techniques and state three things you’ve learned about their application in intelligence analysis.

What expectations do you have of this class? Based upon your reading this week, did anything surprise you about the use of structured techniques in intelligence analysis?

What challenges do you think you will face in applying the structured techniques to intelligence cases?

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 2 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 2 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 2 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

This week, you will be introduced to your teammates. Throughout this session, you will be working together to analyze real-life intelligence cases using structured analytic techniques.

Based on the course material, discuss some of the benefits and possible pitfalls of working collaboratively during the intelligence analysis process.

What role do you anticipate having within your team?

If there are setbacks for you and your team, how would you consider resolving them?

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 3 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 3 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 3 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

Individually, consider the Jonathan Luna case and respond to the Analytic Value Added questions on page 72 of Cases in Intelligence Analysis.

Why would someone target Jonathan Luna for murder?

What are the most important controversies surrounding the case?

What is the most important evidence in the case?

What additional information should law enforcement seek out?

While responding to these questions, consider the development of your timeline with your group.

How did your individual analysis of the Jonathan Luna case help you to contribute to the development of the timeline?

What questions on page 53 of Structured Analytic Techniques did you help answer?

Don’t forget to submit your assignment.

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 4 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 4 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 4 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below. You have been working with your team to analyze the Jonathan Luna case using the simple hypotheses technique. During step 1 of the analysis, each team member was instructed to suggest up to three good alternative hypotheses or explanations.

Discuss the hypotheses that you shared with the group.

How were your hypotheses received by the other team members?

What did you learn about the steps necessary to develop a good hypothesis?

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 5 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 5 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 5 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

For the last 3 weeks, you have been working with your team to analyze the Jonathan Luna case using structured analytic techniques.

As your team progressed through the analysis of the Jonathan Luna case, what were the greatest challenges your team faced?

Did your work this session and the concepts from the course material help your team overcome those challenges?

Of the two structured analytic techniques utilized to evaluate the Jonathan Luna case over the last 3 weeks, which one was most difficult, and why?

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 6 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 6 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 6 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below.

This week, you have been introduced to the Karinna Moskalenko case, and your team should have begun analyzing and discussing it.

Individually, reflect on the case and respond to the Key Questions on page 7 of Cases in Intelligence Analysis.

Why is Karinna Moskalenko a target?

What tactics has Russia used in the past to poison opponents?

Are there any common features among the alleged poisonings?

Why do most observers believe that the Russian government is responsible for Moskalenko’s poisoning?

Don’t forget to submit your assignment.

JADM485 Security Intelligence Analysis

Week 7 Assignment

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

The subject matter for your Week 7 Reflective Journal Assignment is detailed below. Each activity should be answered based upon information from the discussions, readings, assignments, and personal reflections. References to concepts in the textbook and course material should be included. Your Reflective Journal Assignment should be written from a first-person perspective and should be academic in tone. Your paper should be approximately 500 words (excluding the cover page, citations, etc) and at least one reference in APA format.

Your Week 7 Reflective Journal will be graded based on the Reflective Journal grading rubric. Please answer all questions indicated below:

For the last 2 weeks, your group has been analyzing the Karinna Moskalenko case using premortem analysis and structured self-critique. What were the greatest challenges you had to overcome as a group? What collaboration techniques did you use to overcome them?

Reflect on the overall experience you had working with your group this session. How did you work collaboratively to promote success?