The traditional
Intelligence cycle is the fundamental
cycle of
intelligence processing in a civilian or military
intelligence agency or in law enforcement as a closed
path consisting of repeating
nodes. The stages of the intelligence cycle include the issuance of requirements by decision makers, collection, processing, analysis, and publication of intelligence. The circuit is completed when decision makers provide feedback and revised requirements. The intelligence cycle is also called the Intelligence Process by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the uniformed services.