The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure

"This book will be foundational in understanding how US intelligence can contribute to the efforts of other government and non-government experts to prepare for future non-conventional national security threats." — Robert P. George, director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University

"This ground-breaking book asks all the right questions about how so many nations were taken by surprise by the global spread of the COVID-19 virus. Dahl, an eminent scholar of intelligence, points us to a future in which pandemic preparedness must involve a drum beat of specific warnings provided by global surveillance systems and decision-makers willing to listen, believe, and act." — Wesley Wark, senior fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Canada

"Refuting arguments that pandemics lie beyond the appropriate scope and expertise of intelligence agencies, Dahl imaginatively argues that intelligence can effectively complement public health services with new intelligence structures, varieties of collection and analysis, ways of warning senior policy makers, and types of inter-agency cooperation." — John A. Gentry, Adjunct professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

"Erik Dahl, an expert in intelligence warning failure, has effectively outlined the myriad of challenges those of us engaged in health security warning operations face. He begins to unpack the critical questions we need to ask of our leadership and the organizations entrusted with protecting our nation. This book is a key recommended starting point for all involved in COVID-19 warning and response as well as the lay public." — James M. Wilson, MD, CEO and founder of M2 Medical Intelligence Inc.