Perspective
Jun. 23, 2012
The CIA and mediation — a surprising connection
Cognitive biases can have a profound effect upon the mediation process. By Robert Mann of ADR Services
NPR recently reported on reform efforts at the CIA in the wake of what many people believed was dangerously unreliable intelligence pertaining to the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the status of the development of nuclear weapons in Iran. I was fascinated to learn from the story that CIA agents apparently experience some of the very same psychological issues that have such a profound effect upon the mediation process, notably ...
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