![President Nixon and the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War](https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-1.png)
Proceedings of a conference concluded that while pre-war intelligence was plentiful and accurate, there was a massive US intelligence failure. Misinterpretation layered on top of preconceived notions of Arab military ineptitude and faith in diplomacy were at the core of the failures.