Talk:National Intelligence Estimate

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"NIEs are considered to be "estimative" intelligence products, in that they present what intelligence analysts estimate (not predict) may be the course of future events."

Can we get a concrete example of what this sentence means? --Chinasaur 22:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wish this article were far more full and detailed. Is the NIE mandated? by whom? who gets it? For how long has it existed? How big is it? There has been recent controversy about it being "leaked" - is it ever released? I also understand (correctly?) that in the last few years, CIA opinion has been routinely edited out and replaced by opinion from the white house's own intelligence sources, leading to the impression that the CIA thinks differently than it does. Is this correct? Anyway, many things to present here!Cherrywood 18:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• An NIE has two parts. One is the summary and the other is a the full report. The summary is what is released to the public, weeks or months after the full report is completed. The public never sees the actual data, because it is highly classified. Only the intelligence community, the military, the executive branch, and certain legislative commities have access to the full report. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.15.90.2 (talk) 15:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How often are the summaries publicly released? Each time one does get released, it seems to be big news these days, but I can't remember hearing about any from the '90s or early '00s, for example. --Gwern (contribs) 17:55 13 December 2007 (GMT)