claim: In states still using the electric chair to execute people, the prisoner is allowed the choice of lethal operation as an alternative method.
evidence: Studies in Intelligence is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal on intelligence that is published by the Center for the Study of Intelligence , a group within the United States Central Intelligence Agency .. Center for the Study of Intelligence. Center for the Study of Intelligence. peer-reviewed. Peer review. academic journal. academic journal. intelligence. Intelligence ( information gathering ). published. Organizational structure of the Central Intelligence Agency#General Publications. Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency. It contains both classified and unclassified articles on the methodology and history of the field of intelligence gathering .. intelligence. Intelligence ( information gathering ). classified. Classified information. The journal was established by Sherman Kent in 1955 .. Sherman Kent. Sherman Kent. According to Kent , intelligence `` has developed a recognized methodology ; it has developed a vocabulary ; it has developed a body of theory and doctrine ; it has elaborate and refined techniques .. intelligence. Intelligence ( information gathering ). It now has a large professional following .. What it lacks is a literature ... .. The most important service that such a literature performs is the permanent recording of our new ideas and experiences . ''. Studies in Intelligence was seen by Kent as a `` rudimentary step towards making ... findings cumulative '' .. Copies of unclassified and declassified articles from Studies in Intelligence are held at the National Archives ' , College Park , Maryland location as part of the Records of the Central Intelligence Agency -LRB- Record Group 263 -RRB- .. Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency. National Archives. National Archives and Records Administration. Some extracts from 1992 and 1994 -- 2007 are also available on-line .