ATWJE - Elise Dekoschak - The Force Multiplier Analyst

Analyst Talk With Jason Elder Podcast

Episode 00040

Release Date: February 1, 2021

Description: In this episode, Elise Dekoschak, an intelligence analyst with almost three decades of experience, shares how she fell into analytical work as an anthropology major, the development of the Fundamentals in Intelligence Analysis Training (FIAT), and the inception of the Arizona (AZ) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) in 1995. Elise explains the importance of deconfliction and communication during multi-jurisdictional investigations as well as what is the expected analyst role in all of it. This episode is full of history on the creation of a well-known analyst training and certificate program (FIAT) as well as an agency (HIDTA) that most agencies have used in one way or another. Elise was the lead analyst at the AZ HIDTA for 21 years until her retirement in 2016. 

Name Drops: Ritchie Martinez, Beth Hart

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Related Links: https://www.ialeia.org/foundations_of_intelligence_an.php ; https://www.dea.gov/divisions/hidta  

Email: Elise@dekoschak.net

Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong

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00:00:31 - Introducing Elise 
00:08:02 - The Last Sicilian-born Don in US
00:14:22 - Establishing the Arizona HIDTA
00:26:12 - When They Don’t Share Data
00:28:38 - When They Do Share Data - Nat’l Park Service
00:36:24 - Break - New ACIA New Horizons Podcast
00:38:23 - Solo Analyst on Firestarter Investigation
00:47:38 - Team Approach & The Great Copper Caper
01:00:03 - Foundations of Intelligence Analysis Training (FIAT)
01:10:21 - IALEIA Southwest Chapter
01:14:00 - Analyst Still Need to Figure Out
01:15:06 - Words to the World