SEVEN ANALYTICAL COMMANDMENTS (I)

Intelligence organisations focus on methodology and methodology-related issues. However, there is one more important thing that should also be discussed and this is ethics. Both elements are inextricably linked, and they should be presented and described together. Only with both can we identify bits and attributes that make a good analyst and allow him to grow and mature into an artist. There are so many dangers and things analysts have to pay attention to so as to survive workwise. They have to save the mental and physical forces that would allow them to have a long and distinguished career. Analysts are a special kind of humans, who continuously improve at their job, fine-tune methods and techniques, and discover new tools and technologies every day. This should be complemented by a dynamic exchange of ideas with fellow analysts. Those are things this paper is all about.