Elliot has been making a lot of observations, and asking questions today... and I thought I'd add my own.  In many news reports lately I've seen phrases that use the word intelligence, when really they just mean an observation, or data.  For instance, in this report about North Korea doing long range missile tests:

Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung said in Friday's report that an earlier intelligence report showed the North may have moved two long-range missiles to the site before Wednesday’s launch, Yonhap said.  He said, however, that further intelligence was needed to confirm the second missile was still at the launch pad, Yonhap said.
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A Japanese newspaper reported Friday that North Korea had targeted South Pacific waters in the vicinity of Hawaii with the long-range missile. The conservative daily Sankei cited unnamed U.S. and Japanese and officials as saying Japan’s Defense Agency and the U.S. military reached that conclusion after analyzing the missile’s path from data collected from intelligence equipment.
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U.S. intelligence reports told NBC News that the missile started tumbling out of control and self-destructed so soon after it was launched that U.S. spy satellites and radar could not plot the missile's intended launch angle and flight path.

The North statement threatening more tests came as South Korean officials said intelligence reports showed continued activity at Northern missile sites, suggesting further firings could be in the works.

None of that is actually intelligence.  That's data, sightings, or information.  Intelligence is shown when you act correctly based on the data you received... not on the data itself.  You can have the best data in the world, and still act unintelligently.