Address the following question in an 8-10 page essay, complete with bibliography and citations in APA format. Be sure to demonstrate your command of the content, reasoning and logic, and above all you need a single main point in your introduction that is then substantiated and defended in the body of your paper.

–What value does strategic intelligence provide to national policy and decision makers? Why is it necessary to cover all the five basic components as an integrated study, rather than separating them into their own stove-pipes for study?