For ordinary people who don't often deal with intelligence, one thing is quite counterintuitive: the work of discerning intelligence often consumes more resources and time than the task of obtaining it. Hence, for specific intelligence personnel, analytical ability may be even more crucial than the ability to acquire information.
The powerhouse 007 types from movies are hard to come by in reality.
Especially in the internet age, acquiring so-called intelligence is easy. Yet determining what's true and what's false is often something even the most professional intelligence agents find confusing.
One thing that is certain: in intelligence analysis, logical reasoning is particularly important. Analyzing and judging trends from significant figures' discourse has always been a required skill. This is also why official reports, which people often see, not only fit into templates, but the bigger the matter, the fewer the words.
