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Title A war gone badly wrong: The war on terror ten years on
Analyst
Name Chris Abbott
Assessment
Rating B2(H)
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Description
Criteria
Assessment
Reliability of source, R A Completely reliable Source always provides highly credible (1, 2) information There are no known occasions when source has proved to be wrong Source is judged by assessor as always (>80%) reliable Source usually provides credible (1, 2, 3) information Source has rarely proved to be wrong Source is judged by assessor as usually (60-80%) reliable Source often provides credible (1, 2, 3) information Source has occasionally proved to be wrong Source is judged by assessor as fairly (40-60%) reliable Source often provides improbable (4, 5) information Source has often proved to be wrong Source is judged by assessor as often (20-40%) unreliable Source usually provides improbable (4, 5) information There are numerous occasions when source has proved to be wrong Source is judged by assessor as always (<20%) unreliable Conflicting or inadequate information available X
Usually reliable
Fairly reliable
E F
Credibility of information, C 1 Confirmed by other source Information has been confirmed by at least one other highly reliable (A, B) source Information has not been refuted by any other reliable (A, B, C) sources Information is judged by assessor as highly likely (>80%) to be true Information has been confirmed by at least one other reliable (A, B, C) source Information has not been refuted by any other highly reliable (A, B) sources Information is judged by assessor as likely (60-80%) to be true Information has not been confirmed by any other reliable (A, B, C) sources Information has not been refuted by any other reliable (A, B, C) sources Information is judged by assessor as possibly (40-60%) true Information has not been confirmed by any other highly reliable sources (A, B) Information has been refuted by at least one other reliable (A, B, C) source Information is judged by assessor as unlikely (20-40%) to be true Information has not been confirmed by any other reliable sources (A, B, C) Information has been refuted by at least one other highly reliable (A, B) source Information is judged by assessor as highly unlikely (<20%) to be true Conflicting or inadequate information available X
Probably true
Possibly true
Doubtful
5 6
Confidence in assessment, (C) H M L High confidence Moderate confidence Low confidence Criteria for both reliability and credibility have been confidently met Assessor is highly confident (>80%) in the overall rating Criteria for either reliability or credibility have been confidently met Assessor is at least reasonably confident (40-60%) in the overall rating Criteria for neither reliability nor credibility have been confidently met Assessor is not confident (<20%) in the overall rating X