For as we see throughout the film, even the most reliable intelligence procured by the richest and most powerful nation in the world is met with inexorable doubt and results in irreconcilable disillusionment.
He said the most reliable intelligence comes when the U-2s and the drones are all concentrated over the same area, as is increasingly the case.
Since the first reliable intelligence test was created just over a hundred years ago, researchers have searched for a way to increase scores meaningfully, with little success.
For retired U.S. Army Brigadier General James E. Shelton, who was then a major and served as an Operations Officer with the 2nd Battalion, the lack of reliable intelligence and overconfidence on the part of Allen as the battalion commander, were some of the factors that led to the disastrous outcome in the Ong Thanh battle.
Part of the challenge was the shortage of reliable intelligence in Afghanistan.
In fact, according to the American official, reliable intelligence indicates that the order to kill Shahzad came from a senior officer on General Kiyani's staff.
The lack of reliable intelligence leaves military planners, given the goal of totally destroying the sites, little choice but to consider the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
The need for reliable intelligence was arguably greater than it had been during the Cold War, when the enemy was easy to find, if hard to destroy; now the enemy might be a small group of lightly armed men who could be anywhere, and whose capacity to cause great harm had been appallingly demonstrated.
Samantha Leek QC, representing E7, told the high court the Met was in possession of reliable intelligence that the men in the car were in possession of machine guns and were on their way to rob Colombian drug dealers.
The king cited "reliable intelligence sources," and Mr. Mubarak quoted conversations between his officials and Mr. Hussein.
