Demand for intelligence analyst skills, particularly linguists, often changes rapidly depending on emerging threats, but it can take years to train regulars with the skills that are needed.
"The increase is in response to the escalating demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability in the ongoing global war on terror," the Air Force said.
The same month Colonel Pappas took over the brigade, which is based in Weisbaden, Germany, coalition forces came under heavy assault by the insurgency and the demand for intelligence grew.
Several U.S. officials said there are growing worries that congressional demands for classified intelligence, followed by efforts to make public some of that information, will lead foreign intelligence partners to restrict what information they share with the United States.
Some national security advisers have made their reputations, both good and bad, with their demands for more intelligence, better choices and heavy doses of skepticism.
The president also said such lawsuits could subject the United States to demands for "sensitive" intelligence as part of the legal discovery process and lead to "sizable money damages". At a CNN town hall Wednesday night, Obama said the law would expose U.S. citizens to "private lawsuits in courts where we don't even known exactly whether they are on the up and up in some cases.
And of course the demand for operational intelligence to aid these manhunts drove the C.I.A. into the practice of torture and rendition.
"The demand for business intelligence, due diligence, advice and information is almost inexhaustible in Asia," said Gavin Greenwood of Allan & Associates, a security and political consulting firm based in Hong Kong.
And finance executives and academics say that today, the machinations in Washington have greater relevance to corporations and their stocks than ever before, creating intense demand for political intelligence.
