Assignment Instructions
Please address the following question in a 8-10 page essay, complete with bibliography and citations. Be sure to demonstrate your command of the content, reasoning and logic, and above all you need a single main point in your introduction that is then substantiated and defended in the body of your paper. Please make your paper as professional as possible, with citations, cover page, etc.
What value does strategic intelligence provide to national policy and decision makers? Why is it necessary to cover all the five basic components as an integrated study, rather than separating them into their own stove-pipes for study?The grade will be based on the following elements:
(NOTE: IF A SUBMISSION DOES NOT PURSUE THE GENERAL INTENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND IS CONSIDERED “OFF-TOPIC” THE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE EVALUATED USING THIS RUBRIC AND WILL INSTEAD BE ISSUED A GRADE OF ZERO)
Criteria
Exemplary
16-20
Accomplished
11-15
Developing
6-10
Beginning
0-5
Total
Focus/
Thesis

Content/Subject
Knowledge

Critical Thinking
Skills

Organization of
Ideas/Format

Writing
Conventions

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Override grade for a submission that does not pursue the intent of the instructions and is considered “off-topic:” zero total points
Penalty for late submission of an assignment is 10 points. This is assessed immediately following the due date and for each 7 day period following, cumulative.
Override grade when, in an extension, the assignment is turned in late without prior notification to the professor. The late assignment policy applies: zero points are awarded
Grand Total