Strategic Denial and Deception
Abstract
A concern about the threat of high-level denial and deception has waxed and
waned among Americans since the end of World War II. Sometimes they
fear that denial and deception has shaped threat assessments: witness the
1976 "A Team/B Team experiment" in competitive intelligence analysis
undertaken by the Gerald R. Ford White House. At other times, the
threat of denial and deception-here the euphoria accompanying the end
of the Cold War comes to mind-seems to fade into insignificance. As the
United States reigns as the only superpower and the world experiences a
communication revolution, how much of a threat does denial and
deception pose to American interests today? Do globalization,
proliferating communication technologies, and the dissemination of vast
amounts of information make effective foreign denial and deception more
or less likely? Will more information and data sources make policymakers
better informed or will the proliferation of information simply create
confusion?
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