The State Department's intelligence unit, Bureau of Intelligence & Research (INR), has a strong track record of accurate assessments, including predicting Russia's failure to take Kyiv in 2022. Despite being relatively unknown, INR has consistently made correct calls on various geopolitical events, such as Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine. Former officials and experts praise the agency for its independent analysis and lack of reliance on in-house sources, attributing its success to its unique approach.
Why the State Department's intelligence agency may be the best in DC - Vox https://t.co/bwM71uBvWC
Why the State Department's intelligence agency may be the best in DC “You can get other intel agencies really upset about this when you point this out,” says Ellen McCarthy, who led the bureau from 2019 to 2021 after many years in other parts of the intelligence community. “But…
Excellent piece by @dylanmat on State Dept. INR bureau, where I spent a happy brief sojourn. But it misses one key point: One reason INR is relatively iconoclastic is that it's not pimping any in-house sources. https://t.co/svAqMflS7a
The US State Department's own intelligence agency, Bureau of Intelligence & Research (INR) keeps getting things right but no one listens to them. INR confidently contradicted the CIA and the DIA, assessing Russia will fail to take Kyiv in the full scale invasion in 2022. https://t.co/XpLFGkPnXs
The obscure federal intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right: https://t.co/1LJk3FfSqp https://t.co/gaVTtPZQmF
I grew up during the Iraq war and always wondered how it was that a tiny agency in the State Dept got nukes right when others bungled it. The answer is that agency, INR, has had a ridiculously good track record for decades, and it's kept going https://t.co/WrzI5bJN1x https://t.co/EvRzbxeHvM
Apparently the State Department intelligence unit is extremely goated https://t.co/7m3hz5ylg5