Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis (Book)
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Authors: Richards j. heuer jr. & Randolph H. Pherson
Publisher: SAGE/College Publishing
Edition cited: 3rd edition
The primary book-length reference for the full SAT toolkit. Broader in scope than the CIA Tradecraft Primer (2009), which covers only 12 techniques. Includes Starbursting and other techniques not in the Primer.
This is the methodology reference used by Scott Roberts in his LLM-SAT implementation work.
Relationship to the CIA Tradecraft Primer
The CIA Tradecraft Primer (2009) is a condensed practitioner guide. The Heuer/Pherson book is the full academic/practitioner reference. As of this wiki’s current sources, the book has not been directly ingested — it is known only through secondary reference in Roberts: LLM SATs FTW (2025).
Status: Not yet ingested — would be high value to add if accessible.