"I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside. I do not mean that they may not wish to come out of hell, but they certainly do not will even the first preliminary stages of that self-abandonment through which alone the soul can reach any good. They enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded, and are therefore self-enslaved." C. S. Lewis
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26544/improving-the-intelligence-communitys-leveraging-of-the-full-science-and-technology-ecosystem
The agencies within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) depend on advanced technology to achieve their goals. While AI, cloud computing, advanced sensors, and big data analytics will fundamentally change both the global threat landscape and IC tradecraft, advances from biology, chemistry, materials, quantum science, network science, social/behavioral/economic sciences, and other fields also have that potential. Maintaining awareness of advances in science and technology is more essential than ever, to avoid surprise, to inflict surprise on adversaries, and to leverage those advances for the benefit of the nation and the IC. This report explores ways in which the IC might leverage the future research and development ecosystem.
Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Policy and Global Affairs; Intelligence Community Studies Board; Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy; Committee on Leveraging the Future Research and Development Ecosystem for the Intelligence Community