What about the bias of the people conducting the research? Is there another panel to investigate their possible bias?

While there's been some discussion of this in American intelligence circles, I haven't seen any definitive counter-measures. For example, there was no method for us to challenge the bizarre analysis of a battalion S-2 (so-called battalion senior intelligence analyst) who proclaimed that the main problem in our province was "criminal activity" and not the Taliban. We figured that since this conclusion wasn't based on any actual reporting, she must have some kind of cognitive bias against, say, reality.