Effective future military operations require distribution and sharing of intelligence across national lines and on the tactical level that far exceeds today's reality, and to make this happen, the military commander in the field should be given Operational Control (OPCON) of the multinational intelligence assets in his operations area. Intelligence can be shared in a networking fashion between units on all levels within a Multinational Joint Task Force. To effectively achieve unity of effort in a multinational operation, national intelligence cells have to be integrated in the task force. Secrecy of sensitive information can be maintained by separating the source and method from the intelligence product, and also by keeping highly sensitive intelligence separate from the rest by a national line directly to the commander. Raw data can be issued on lower levels without any analysis as the task force largely is developing its own intelligence. The national intelligence cells' main role will be to work for the CJTF commander, but will also need to continue to support their home authorities. The balance between secrecy and openness must in any case shift considerably toward openness from today's reality. Human intelligence will remain very important in the future and it will be done more and more by ordinary troops on the ground, a development which points to the need for multinational integration of intelligence since the operations area will be manned by troops from several nations. Furthermore, for analysis, multinational intelligence will be highly beneficial in the increasingly complex and diffuse environments of the future, where the need for knowledge and skills will exceed what any single nation can provide. The ability to network will be crucial, and this includes access and dissemination of intelligence. Specifically, it is obvious that the intelligence process will have to be pushed down to low-level units.