One of the challenges in intelligence analysis, both as an academic subject and in its applied form, is to try to prevent bias, more or less subconscious personal ideas, and group dynamics from influencing the analysis process negatively. In addition, active attempts at deception are a regular feature in several contexts where intelligence analysis is employed in practice.
The article outlines two exercises developed by Tony Ingesson. Both exercises are designed to make the students reflect on how they can be influenced by deception and both individual and group-level psychological mechanisms.
By using unusual or highly improbable case studies that are normally outside the area of intelligence analysis, the students have to tax their analytical skills while they are forced to simultaneously cope with the stress of limited time and deception, as well as the inevitable impact of group dynamics.
Read the article on tandfonline.com