BiAS 7 – The Bible and Politics in Africa
Passing and analysis of information
As regards the way in which information is passed and analysed by these
intelligence organisations, a diagrammatical presentation by Dunlop
helps explain better the process. He presents it as seen above.^15
As shown by Dunlop, there are at least three divisions in intelligence
organisations: the Administration department, Evaluation and Distribu-
tion department, and the Collection department and all these depart-
ments fall within the armpit of the Director. While the above structured
outline may possibly not be taken as representative of all intelligence
organisations in the world, it summarises at least the general operating
structure of these organisations. Information received from field agents
is first received by controllers who in turn pass it to Deputy Directors
and if it is deemed so vital it is then passed on to the Director.
While most field agents just mingle with the general public in everyday
life, it is vital that they hide the information they collect so that the en-
emy does not suspect anything sinister otherwise it may jeopardize their
(^15) Dunlop, This Business of Spying, 100.