This case involves a new skill: “red teaming.” In order to “red team,” you assume the role of an advisor to your adversary and explore actions that will best advance his objectives. As noted in class, when the key finding of the December National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran was emerging, the intelligence community assigned a group to “red team” Iran’s behavior. They were asked to assume that Iran’s intention was to deceive the United States into concluding that the Iranian nuclear program had been halted. Although the red team made a persuasive case that Iran’s actions were consistent with this objective, the intelligence community ultimately rejected that hypothesis and came to the conclusion it reported.