A study of the national intelligence needs of an information-oriented society, espousing the view that the needs are at least twofold: needs must be contrarian, which is at odds with conventional wisdom, and focused on the long term picture. Discusses changes that must be made by policy makers in America to serve our intelligence needs.

1. The imperative of reshaping; 2. The world of intelligence beyond 2010; 3. The militarization of intelligence; 4. Designated readers: the open source revolution; 5. Spying, looking and catching criminals; 6. The intelligence of policy; 7. A reshaped intelligence.