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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Sherman Kent

Sherman Kent, was a Yale University history professor who, during World War II and through 17 years of Cold War-era service in the Central Intelligence Agency, pioneered many of the methods of intelligence analysis. He is often described as "the father of intelligence analysis".

I suppose that if we in intelligence were one day given three wishes, they would be to know everything, to be believed when we spoke, and in such a way to exercise an influence to the good in the matter of policy.
Estimating is what you do when you don't know. — © Sherman Kent
Estimating is what you do when you don't know.
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