The CIA and Decision-Making

Information Control

“…Secrecy has been studied best (e.g., Simmel, 1950;Shils, 1956;Coser, 1963;Hazelrigg, 1969;Lowry, 1972;Franck and Weisband, 1974;Hepworth, 1975), but one can learn also from analyses of rumor transmission (e.g., Allport and Postman, 1947;Shibutani, 1966;Buckner, 1965;Rosnow and Fine, 1976), persuasion (e.g., Hovland et al, 1953;McGuire, 1969;Bogart, 1976;Gottlieb and Ickes, 1977), deception (e.g., Whaley, 1969;Blum, 1972a;Brown, 1975), and intelligence evaluation (e.g., Wohlstetter, 1962;Whaley, 1973;Cooper, 1972;Lodahl, 1976;Phillips, 1977). Secrecy has been studied best (e.g., Simmel, 1950;Shils, 1956;Coser, 1963;Hazelrigg, 1969;Lowry, 1972;Franck and Weisband, 1974;Hepworth, 1975), but one can learn also from analyses of rumor transmission (e.g., Allport and Postman, 1947;Shibutani, 1966;Buckner, 1965;Rosnow and Fine, 1976), persuasion (e.g., Hovland et al, 1953;McGuire, 1969;Bogart, 1976;Gottlieb and Ickes, 1977), deception (e.g., Whaley, 1969;Blum, 1972a;Brown, 1975), and intelligence evaluation (e.g., …”