R0052/2026-03-31/C001/SRC01/E01

Research	R0052 — Methodology Claims
Run	2026-03-31
Claim	C001
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Factual

ICD 203 specifies nine Analytic Tradecraft Standards that all IC products must implement and exhibit.

URL: https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICD/ICD-203.pdf

Extract

ICD 203 states that all IC analytic products must "implement and exhibit" nine Analytic Tradecraft Standards. The IC Analytic Standards were established in 2007, revised, revalidated, and approved by the DNI in January 2015. The directive articulates five overarching Analytic Standards (objectivity, independence, timeliness, based on all available sources, and implementation of tradecraft standards) with the nine tradecraft standards as the operational implementation requirement.

Relevance to Hypotheses

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Directly confirms nine standards with governing authority
H2	Contradicts	No ambiguity in the count or governing function
H3	Contradicts	Definitively establishes the claim

Context

ICD 203 is the primary directive governing analytic tradecraft across the entire US Intelligence Community. It applies to all IC elements and all analytic products.