I.F. Moderated Format Assessment

[Anthony D' Amato]

At 09:37 PM 9/10/00 -0400, Mike Dravis wrote:

> I do not recall
>saying "there was no intelligence value to us discussing the staged
>incidents in Miami," but if I did it would confirm my choice to
>pursue a degree in intelligence history rather than intelligence prediction

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COMMENT:  What's intelligence history worth (except as a pretty
plaything) if not to draw lessons for the future?  Yet drawing lessons
for the future is a matter of intelligence prediction. Although Mike Dravis
himself may be exclusively preoccupied with the past, does he mean
to say that lots of other people on this listserve cannot possibly
have any interest in the future or that their interest is "irrelevant"?

Anthony D'Amato



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