Memos to the President

Episode 6: Intelligence with William "Chip" Usher

Episode Summary

In our sixth episode, SCSP Senior Director for Intelligence William "Chip" Usher outlines a set of ambitious goals for reforming the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) that, if achieved, would position the IC to adapt to the coming wave of revolutionary technological change and improve its ability to protect the nation’s economic competitiveness in the decades ahead.

Episode Notes

This memo outlines a set of ambitious goals for reforming the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) that, if achieved, would position the IC to adapt to the coming wave of revolutionary technological change and improve its ability to protect the nation’s economic competitiveness in the decades ahead.

Given the IC’s crucial role in securing the homeland and supporting the United States’ ability to pursue its strategic goals, it must revolutionize its approach to its work and better address the importance of national techno-economic competitiveness. In doing so, it should reorient itself to fulfill five objectives:

1. Elevate the collection and analysis of foreign technology capabilities and economic threats to a top priority;
2. Establish a new and fully funded institutional home for Open Source Intelligence;
3. Prioritize the formation of strategic intelligence alliances to dominate the techno-economic advantage;
4. Provide the President with the means to push back against hybrid warfare threats; and
5. Transform the future IC workforce.

Read the full memo here: https://www.scsp.ai/reports/memostothepresident/intelligence-2/

In the episode, Chip and Ylli discuss a previous Substack SCSP's Intel team released called A Day in the Life of an AI-Augmented Analyst. Read it here: https://scsp222.substack.com/p/day-in-the-life-of-an-ai-augmented