Homeland-Security Intelligence: Where We Are, How We Got Here, What Lies Ahead
Social scientist Charles Lindblom declared in his 1959 classic article "The Science of Muddling Through" that "the mosaic of public policy" comes about less by theory and more by pragmatic trial-and-error. Faced with limited information and conflicting values to solve complex problems, policymakers move cautiously and focus on limited gains.
Our efforts at domestic intelligence seem to follow this pattern.