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Legal Disclaimer

Nothing in this handbook shall be construed to impair or otherwise 

affect the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or 

the head thereof. Additionally, the handbook is not intended to, 

and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law or in equity, by any party against the United 

States, its departments, agencies or entities, its officers, employees, 

or agents, or any other person.
Table of Contents

Welcome

Intelligence Overview

	 Defining and Using Intelligence	 	 	 6

	 What is the Intelligence Community?	 	 7

	 What Intelligence Can (and Cannot) Do 	 	 10

	 Sources of Intelligence	 	 	 	 12

	 Levels of Intelligence Analysis	 	 	 14

	 The Intelligence Cycle	 	 	 	 17

	 Prioritizing Intelligence Issues: NIPF		 	 20

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U.S. Intelligence Organization Profiles

Office of the Director of National Intelligence 22

Program Managers

	 Central Intelligence Agency	 	 	 32

	 Defense Intelligence Agency	 	 	 34

	 Department of Justice	

Federal Bureau of Investigation

	 	 National Security Branch	 	 	 36

	 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency	 	 38

	 National Reconnaissance Office	 	 	 40

	 National Security Agency	 	 	 	 42

Departmental Components

	 Department of Justice

Drug Enforcement Administration

Office of National Security Intelligence	 44

	 Department of Energy

Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence	 47

	 Department of Homeland Security

Office of Intelligence & Analysis		 	 48

	 Department of State

Bureau of Intelligence and Research	 	 50

	 Department of the Treasury

Office of Intelligence and Analysis	 	 52

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	 Army	 	 	 	 	 	 54

	 Navy	 	 	 	 	 	 55

	 Air Force	 	 	 	 	 57

	 Marine Corps	 	 	 	 	 58

	 Coast Guard	 	 	 	 	 59

Additonal Organizations

	 Joint TerrorismTask Forces	 	 	 60

	 Fusion Centers 	 	 	 	 	 60

Oversight

	 Executive Oversight	 	 	 	 62

	 	 National Security Council and Homeland

	 	 Security Council

	 	 President’s Intelligence Advisory Board	

	 Legislative Oversight	 	 	 	 66

	 Financial Management and Oversight	 	 68

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Classified Communication Systems

	 Frequently Used Terms	 	 	 	 71

	 Computers	 	 	 	 	 72

	 Phone and Fax	 	 	 	 	 75

Intelligence Community Assistance

References

	 Glossary	 	 	 	 	 82

Abbreviations and Acronyms	 	 	 84

Index

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A Word from David Shedd

We are engaged in a dynamic global environment, in which the pace, scale, 

and complexity of change are unprecedented. It is a networked world where what 

happens in Peshawar affects Peoria—and vice versa..... (a)dapting the Community 

to this new environment is our fundamental challenge.

 - Vision 2015

Dear Colleagues:

No single person or organization can protect our Nation from the many and varied

threats we face today. These threats, from looming terrorist plots,to pandemic disease,

to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,require that we, as a government,

work together.

As we have articulated in the Intelligence Community (IC)’s Vision 2015, we must

partner with intelligence consumers to meet the need for more timely and unique

intelligence. In order to enhance our relationships, it is important for consumers

to understand the mission, background, opportunities, and challenges facing the IC.

We have published this handbook with this very thought in mind—to broaden your

understanding of our work and to help us become stronger partners in protecting

our Nation.

Sincerely,

David R. Shedd

Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy, Plans, and Requirements
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Honoring Our Nation’s Values

Civil Liberties and Privacy

Keeping our country safe means more than protecting people and property – it also means remaining true to the principles on which this country was founded. Protecting privacy and civil liberties is part of the fabric

of the IC and it helps define who we are. In order to effectively use the

tools and information we need to keep our country safe, we must have

the trust of the American people and demonstrate that we are worthy

of that trust.

The Director of National Intelligence’s Civil Liberties and Privacy Office

is charged with ensuring that civil liberties and privacy protections are

incorporated into policies and procedures at the Office of the Director

of National Intelligence and other IC elements. If you have concerns or

questions about how the IC respects and protects privacy and civil liberties, we encourage you to contact this office.

Very sincerely,

Civil Liberties and Privacy Office


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defining and using

intelligence

According to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA),

National Intelligence and the term ‘intelligence related to national security’ refer to all

intelligence,regardless of the source from which it is derived and including information

gathered within or outside the U.S., that:

Pertains, as determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President, to

more than one U.S. Government agency; and

That involves:

Threats to the U.S., its people, property, or interests;

The development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction; or

Any other matter bearing on U.S. national homeland security.

The U.S. Government uses intelligence to improve and understand the consequences of its national security decisions. Intelligence assists policy decisions,

military actions, international negotiations, and interactions with working-level contacts

in foreign countries. In some circumstances, it can also aid homeland security

providers and first responders.

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what is the

intelligence community?

The Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and together to engage in intelligence activities

necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national

security of the United States.These activities include:

Collection of information needed by the President, the National Security

Council, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and other Executive Branch

officials for the performance of their duties and responsibilities.

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Production and dissemination of intelligence.

Collection of information concerning, and the conduct of activities to protect

against, intelligence activities directed against the U.S., international terrorist and

international narcotics activities, and other hostile activities directed against the

U.S. by foreign powers, organizations, persons, and their agents.

Special activities.

Administrative and support activities within the U.S. and abroad necessary for

the performance of authorized activities.

Such other intelligence activities as the President may direct from time to time.

The IC is led by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who is the head of

the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and whose duty is to

organize and coordinate the other 16 IC components based on intelligence consumers’

needs. The other members of the IC are divided into three groups: Program Managers,

Departmentals, and Services.

Program Managers advise and assist the ODNI in identifying requirements,

developing budgets, managing finances, and evaluating the IC’s performance.

Departmental members are IC components embedded within government

departments (other than the Department of Defense).They focus on serving

their parent department’s intelligence needs.

All intelligence personnel in the armed forces are members of the Service IC

components, which primarily support their own Service’s needs. Each service

has at least one major intelligence organization, as well as intelligence officers

integrated throughout its structure.

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

DEPARTMENTAL

DEA Office 

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Security 

Intelligence

Energy Office of 

Intelligence and 

Counterintelligence

State Bureau 

of Intelligence 

and Research

Treasury Office 

of Intelligence

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DHS Office of 

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Marine Corps 

Intelligence

Coast Guard 

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Army 

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Air Force

Intelligence

Naval 

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Central 

Intelligence 

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National 

Reconnaissance 

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what intelligence

can (and cannot) do

Intelligence information can be an extremely powerful tool. It is most useful when

the consumer has a clear understanding of what intelligence can and cannot do.

While laws, policies, capabilities, and standards are constantly changing, these general

guidelines can help consumers make the most of this resource.

what intelligence can do

Intelligence information can provide valuable services,such as:

Providing decision advantage, by improving the decision-making of consumers

and partners while hindering that of our enemies.

Warning of potential threats.

Insight into key current events.

Situational awareness.

Long-term strategic assessments on issues of ongoing interest.

Assistance in preparation for senior-level meetings that include national

security-related subjects.

Pre-travel security overviews and support.

Reports on specific topics, either as part of ongoing reporting or upon request

for short-term needs.

Compiling U.S. Government knowledge on persons of interest.

The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) is a classified central

U.S.repository of information on known or suspected foreign terrorists.

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The Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), which is operated by the Federal

Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), is an unclassified database of all known or suspected terrorist names on which the U.S.

Government has information. The TSDB is available to law enforcement

officials at all levels of government, and also to Federal Government organizations (such as State Department) that have name screening requirements.

what intelligence cannot do

Realistic expectations will help the consumer fill their intelligence needs. Some things

that intelligence cannot do include:

Predict the future. Intelligence can provide assessments of likely scenarios or

developments, but there is no way to predict what will happen with certainty.

Violate U.S. law or the U.S. Constitution. For example:

The activities of the IC must be conducted consistent with all applicable

laws, to include the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the Foreign

Intelligence SurveillanceAct,the Intelligence Reform andTerrorism Prevention

Act (IRTPA), the Detainee Treatment Act, and the Military Commission Act.

The activities of the IC must also be carried out consistent with all Executive Branch policies, such as Executive Orders, Presidential Directives, and

Intelligence Community Directives.

All activities of the IC are subject to extensive and rigorous oversight both

within the Executive Branch and by the Legislative Branch, as required by the

National Security Act of 1947, as amended.

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sources of intelligence1

OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) is publicly available information appearing in print

or electronic forms, including radio,television, newspapers, journals,the Internet, commercial databases, videos, graphics, and drawings.

HUMINT (Human Intelligence) is intelligence derived from information collected and

provided by human sources.This intelligence includes overt data collected by personnel in diplomatic and consular posts, as well as otherwise unobtainable information

collected via clandestine sources of information, debriefings of foreign nationals and

U.S. citizens who travel abroad, official contacts with foreign governments, and direct

observation.

SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) is information gathered from data transmissions, including communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), and foreign instrumentation signals intelligence (FISINT).

GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence) is information describing, visually depicting, and

accurately locating physical features and human activities on the Earth. Examples of

GEOINT products include imagery, analyses,maps, and navigation charts. Imagery intelligence (IMINT) is a subset of GEOINT.

MASINT (Measurement and Signature Intelligence) is information

produced by quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and

events in order to characterize and identify them.

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George A. Custer: GEOINT Pioneer

The idea of using balloons for reconnaissance dated to the Napoleonic Wars, but the 

U.S. Army did not give it a try until 1862, during MG George B. McClellan’s advance on 

the Confederate capital of Richmond. Though the new “Balloon Corps” enthusiastically 

promoted this new way of collecting intelligence on the enemy, Army officers, including a young staff officer named George A. Custer, wondered how much the “aeronauts” 

were really seeing from up in sky. To verify their reports, a reluctant Custer was sent 

aloft in a balloon. As a result, he became one of the world’s first geospatial-intelligence 

analysts, and viewed first-hand the importance and difficulties of what would later be 

called the collection-analysis interface.

During his ascent, Custer noted that rebel and Union encampments were hidden from 

view by trees to block out the blazing sun. Only after intense observation could Custer 

see camps, fortifications, and an odd artillery piece amongst the trees.

On reporting his findings, Custer received orders to make daily follow-up ascents. 

Through these daily observations, Custer became expert at locating enemy positions, 

discerning artillery muzzle flashes, and determining day-to-day enemy troop movement 

by counting campfires. 

Custer’s intelligence did not result in a victory for MG George B. McClellan’s Army 

of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign. But it did demonstrate the need for 

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levels of intelligence

analysis

The IC publishes three overlapping levels of intelligence analysis: current intelligence, trend analysis, and long-term assessment. In almost all cases, the reports reflect a merging of different sources of intelligence, experience, and knowledge.

Analysts choose what level of report to produce and publish based on the data they

have available, the urgency of consumers’ need for that information, and the degree

of vetting and analysis that goes into the report. Each IC component names and

distributes its reports differently.

current intelligence

Current intelligence, also known as first-phase reporting, is quick-turn-around, often time-sensitive intelligence reporting or analysis about recent events or newly

acquired information. It addresses an issue of immediate or on-going concern. This

reporting primarily contains the information gathered from an intelligence source

and a brief analysis of the implications or significance of that information, and may

include warnings about imminent threats. Current intelligence usually only addresses a

single event or issue, and is written to quickly distribute information to consumers.

Example:Country X launched a missile last night.A brief background lets readers know

that this was Country X’s third launch this year.

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trend analysis

Trend analysis, also referred to as second phase reporting, contains information on

an event or series of events.The report includes an assessment of whether the intelligence is reliable, information about similar events, and background to familiarize the

reader with the issue.Typically,this information has been compared with other sources

of intelligence and vetted with other experts within the IC. These reports are much

more thorough than a first-phase report, and may take weeks or more to produce.

Example: Country X launched eight missiles this year.The report provides a paragraph

about the history of Country X’s missile program and assesses how the missile program has changed since last year.Missile experts from around the IC have reviewed and

contributed to the report.

long-term assessment

Long-term assessment is also known as third-phase reporting. It addresses developments in a broad context, assesses future trends or developments, or provides comprehensive, detailed analysis of an on-going issue,system,or topic.These reports,which

can take months to produce, may be coordinated with experts throughout the IC and

make projections about the future.

Example: A review of the changes in Country X’s missile program over the last 10

years.The report takes into account factors such as infusions of foreign technology

and Country X’s motivation for producing missiles. In addition, it includes a projection

of how Country X’s missile program might evolve in the next five years and possible

factors which could affect that evolution.

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the intelligence cycle

The Intelligence Cycle is the process of developing raw information into finished intelligence for consumers to use in decisionmaking and action. The cycle has five steps,

each of which drives the next step in the process.

STEP 1: planning and direction

Decisions are made regarding what types of information to collect and how to collect it. The National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF) is the IC’s process

for articulating what issues are important,which then determines how to prioritize the

use of intelligence resources.

Consumers can participate in this step by ensuring that their information needs are included in the NIPF process so that the IC understands and incorporates those needs.

STEP 2: collection

The Intelligence Community gathers the raw data used to produce finished intelligence

products. Collection can be from open sources,such as newspapers, or from clandestine sources,such as other people or technical means.

Consumers have a wealth of scientific and substantive expertise and information that

they can share with the IC. However, the IC does not task consumer organizations

with collection.

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STEP 3: processing

The Intelligence Community converts the information that is collected into

a usable format,such as by language translation or decryption.

What consumers can add: Policy organizations have robust processing capabilities that

can augment the IC’s efforts.

STEP 4: analysis and production

Intelligence officers analyze processed information to turn it into finished

intelligence. This may include drafting reports, evaluating the reliability of different sources of information, resolving data conflicts, and other analytic services. Intelligence reports typically integrate multiple sources of intelligence and the experience and knowledge of many different members

of the IC.

Policy organizations typically have analytic capabilities for their own internal needs, as

well as subject matter experts who have specialized knowledge not typically found in

the IC.These experts’ knowledge and experience can enhance the IC’s capabilities.

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STEP 5: dissemination

Intelligence reports are distributed to consumers.

Consumers have two major roles in this step. First, consumers need to

ensure that their internal components that could benefit from intelligence receive

what they need, within policy, legal, and security restrictions. This responsibility may

include facilitating clearances for employees who need the information. Second,

consumers need to evaluate the intelligence from their own perspective and

provide feedback to producers on whether the intelligence was useful and accurate.

The consumer’s feedback feeds into the Planning and Direction process, and the

Intelligence Cycle continues.

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prioritizing intelligence

issues: the national intelligence

priorities framework (nipf)

The NIPF is the Director of National Intelligence’s guidance to the IC on the national

intelligence priorities approved by the President.

The NIPF is the DNI’s sole mechanism for establishing national intelligence priorities.

The NIPF consists of:

Intelligence topics reviewed by the National Security Council Principals Committee and approved by the President.

A process for assigning priorities to countries and non-state actors relevant to

the approved intelligence topics.

A matrix showing these priorities. The NIPF matrix reflects consumers’ priorities for intelligence support and ensures that long-term intelligence issues are

addressed.

The NIPF is updated semi-annually in coordination with IC elements, the National Intelligence Council, and other internal components of the ODNI. Ad hoc adjustments

may also be made to reflect changes in world events and policy priorities.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and IC elements use the NIPF to

guide allocation of collection and analytic resources. In addition, IC elements associate

intelligence collection requirements and analytic production with NIPF priorities and

report to the DNI on their coverage of NIPF priorities.

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Office of

the Director

of National

Intelligence

The DNI serves as the head of the Intelligence Community and is the principal advisor to the

President, the National Security Council (NSC), and the Homeland Security Council (HSC)

for intelligence matters related to national security. The Director oversees and directs the

implementation of the National Intelligence Program. The President appoints the DNI with

the advice and consent of the Senate. The DNI is assisted by a Principal Deputy Director of

National Intelligence (PDDNI), who is also appointed by the President with the advice and

consent of the Senate.

Statutory Components

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) includes

several components:

Four Deputy Directors of National Intelligence (DDNIs), each with a unique

focus.

Centers, including the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the Office

of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX), and the National

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Counterproliferation Center (NCPC), each responsible for IC-wide

coordination and support.

Mission Managers for specified countries,regions, topics, and functional issues.

Associate Directors of National Intelligence (ADNIs), including Chief Financial

Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Human Capital Officer.

A Civil Liberties and Privacy Office, as established by the Intelligence Reform

and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 (IRTPA).

In addition,the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence is dual-hatted as the Director of Defense Intelligence (DDI) within the ODNI, and serves in this capacity as the

principal advisor to the DNI on defense intelligence matters.

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generation will ever know, and we must not be slow 

in confronting them. We must continue to emphasize 

integration across the Community to better serve our 

customers, provide frank, unencumbered analysis, 

and strengthen collection capabilities that continue 

to penetrate the seemingly impenetrable.” 

– DNI McConnell

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Selected Components of the ODNI

National Counterterrorism Center

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), which resides within the ODNI, has primary responsibility within the U.S.

Government for counterterrorism intelligence analysis and counterterrorism strategic operational planning.

NCTC’s components

Directorate of Intelligence leads the production and integration of counterterrorism analysis for the U.S. Government.

Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning directs the U.S. Government’s planning efforts to focus all elements of national power against the

terrorist threat.

Directorate of Mission Management provides strategic management of all

national intelligence related to the IC’s counterterrorism mission to set analytic

and collection priorities; advance analytic tradecraft and training; and lead strategic planning, evaluation and budgeting.

Directorate of Information Sharing and Knowledge Development

ensures Federal Government agencies can access the information they need

through systems such as NCTC Online (NOL) and theTerrorist Identities

Datamart Environment (TIDE).

Directorate of Operations Support provides the common intelligence

picture for the counterterrorism community with 24 hours a day/7 days a

week situational awareness; terrorism threat reporting; management and incident

information tracking; and support for worldwide, national, and international

special events.

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Harry Gold, Soviet Spy

Harry Gold worked as a Soviet spy and 

courier from 1934 to 1946. His arrest in 

1950 exposed the entire Soviet Atomic 

Bomb Spy Ring.

Harry Gold began working for the Soviet Union by providing information on 

processes used by his employer, Pennsylvania Sugar Company, to develop 

industrial solvents. Gold soon moved 

on to working as a Soviet courier.

In 1944, Gold met Klaus Fuchs, 

a prominent physician from England 

working on the Manhattan Project. 

Over time, Gold couriered several 

hundred vital documents on American 

atomic research from Fuchs to Soviet 

handler Anatoli Yakovlev.

Klaus Fuchs was arrested by Great 

Britain’s MI5 in January 1950 and iden- tified Harry Gold as his courier. Gold 

confessed when, having claimed he 

had never been west of the Mississippi 

River, federal agents discovered a travel 

guide from Santa Fe in his home. 

Gold’s revelations prompted the unrav- eling of the Atomic Spy Ring, leading to 

the exposure of Soviet agents Morton 

Sobell and David Greenglass, and the 

arrest, conviction, and execution of Ju- lius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953. Gold 

was tried and convicted of espionage in 

1950, and died in 1965.
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National Counterproliferation

Center

The National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),

which resides within the ODNI, is the bridge from the IC to

the policy community for activities within the U.S. Government

associated with countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

NCPC conducts strategic counterproliferation planning for the IC to support

policy efforts to prevent, halt, or mitigate the proliferation of WMDs, their delivery

systems, and related materials and technologies. This includes both states of concern

and, in partnership with the National Counterterrorism Center, non-state actors.

NCPC achieves this by drawing on the expertise of counterproliferation professionals

in the IC, the U.S. Government, industry, and academia. These relationships foster an

atmosphere of collaboration and intelligence sharing in order to protect the U.S.’s

interests at home and abroad. 

Office of the National

Counterintelligence Executive

The National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX),

which resides within the ODNI, serves as the head of national counterintelligence for the U.S. Government, per the

Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002. He or she is charged with

promulgating an annual strategy for all counterintelligence elements of the U.S.

Government. The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) is

charged with integrating the activities of all counterintelligence programs to make

them coherent and efficient, coordinating counterintelligence policy and budgets to

the same end, and evaluating the performance of the counterintelligence community

against the strategy.

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National Intelligence Council 

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) is an all-source

ODNI analytic component and is the IC’s center for mid-term

and long-term strategic thinking. Since its formation in 1979,the

NIC has served as a unique bridge between the intelligence and

policy communities, a source of deep substantive expertise on intelligence matters, and

as a facilitator of IC collaboration. Some of the NIC’s core functions are to:

Produce National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs)— the IC’s most authoritative

written assessments on national security issues, as well as a broad range of

other products.

Reach out to nongovernmental experts in academia and the private sector to

broaden the IC’s perspective.

Articulate substantive intelligence priorities and procedures to guide intelligence

collection and analysis.

The National Intelligence University, headed by a Chancellor, has responsibility for all Intelligence Community education and training, including foreign language

training and policy.

The National Intelligence Coordination Center (NIC-C) provides a mechanism

to strategically manage and direct collection across defense, foreign and domestic

realms.

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Community Elements Under ODNI Auspices

Several centers managed by Executive Agents under DNI auspices serve the entire

Intelligence Community’s needs.

The Undeground Facilities

Analysis Center

The Underground Facilities Analysis Center (UFAC) uses

national intelligence and non-intelligence resources to find, characterize, and assess underground facilities (UGFs) used by adversarial state and non-state actors. UFAC coordinates IC efforts to detect, analyze, collect, and report on UGF programs in support of U.S. policymakers,warfighters, and the

defense acquisition community.The UFAC Director reports jointly to the Secretary of

Defense and the DNI through DIA.UFAC is composed of elements from DIA,Defense

Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), NGA, and NSA.

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The Open Source Center

The DNI Open Source Center (OSC), under the DNI, is the U.S. Government’s center for

open source intelligence.The Director of the CIA serves as the Executive Agent for the DNI in

managing the OSC. It is charged with:

Collecting, translating, producing, and disseminating open source information

that meets the needs of policymakers, the military,state and local law enforcement, operations officers, and analysts throughout the U.S. Government.

Helping to enable open source capabilities in other parts of the Government

and military.

Hosting open source material on OpenSource.gov for Government-wide use.

About OSC: OSC produces over 2,300 products daily, including translations,

transcriptions, analyses, reports, video compilations, and geospatial intelligence, to

address short-term needs and longer-term issues. Its products cover issues that range

from foreign political,military, economic,science, and technology topics,to counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, and other homeland security topics.

OSC also collects “gray literature,” which is material with very limited distribution,

such as academic papers, brochures, leaflets, and other publicly distributed materials.

OSC provides training through its Open Source Academy, consultative services, and

personnel exchanges.

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The National Media

Exploitation Center

The National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC)

ensures the rapid collection, processing, exploitation,

dissemination, and sharing of all acquired and seized media across

the intelligence, counterintelligence, military, and law enforcement

communities.These tasks include the collection, receipt, cataloging, initial processing,

and transmission of information;forensic analysis and translation;and reporting,storage,

dissemination, and sharing. NMEC is a DNI Center, and DIA is its Executive Agent.

The National Virtual Translation

Center 

The National Virtal Translation Center (NVTC)

was established in 2003 to provide timely and

accurate translations of foreign intelligence for all elements of the IC. Its mission

includes acting as a clearinghouse for facilitating interagency use of translators; partnering with elements of the U.S. Government, academia, and

private industry to identify translator resources and engage their services; building

a nationwide team of highly qualified, motivated linguists and translators, connected

virtually to the program office in Washington, D.C.; and applying state-of-the-art

technology to maximize translator efficiency. NVTC is a DNI Center, and the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is its Executive Agent.

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Associated Elements

Program Manager for the Information Sharing

Environment

The Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PMISE) is a government-wide organization which resides under the DNI. The

PM-ISE is charged with planning, implementing, managing, and overseeing the

Information Sharing Environment (ISE). The focus of the ISE is to help all levels (federal,

state, local, and tribal) of government and, where appropriate, foreign governments

and the private sector, to share and exchange terrorism-related information. The

Program Manager chairs the Information Sharing Council (ISC), an interagency

body that advises the President and the Program Manager in developing ISE policies,

procedures, guidelines,roles, and standards.

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Central

Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the largest producer of all-source

national security intelligence for senior U.S. policymakers. The CIA’s intelligence

analysis on overseas developments feeds into the informed decisions by policymakers

and other senior decisionmakers in the national security and defense arenas.The CIA

does not make foreign policy.

The Director of the CIA (DCIA) is the National HUMINT Manager and serves on

behalf of the DNI as the national authority for coordination, de-confliction, and evaluation of clandestine HUMINT operations across the IC, consistent with existing laws,

Executive Orders, and interagency agreements.

CIA is headquartered in McLean,Virginia.

Organization

The National Clandestine Service (NCS) has responsibility for the clandestine collection (primarily human source collection, or HUMINT) of foreign

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intelligence that is not obtainable through other means. The NCS engages in

counterintelligence activities by protecting classified U.S. activities and institutions

from penetration by hostile foreign organizations and individuals. NCS also carries out

covert action in support of U.S. policy goals when legally and properly directed and

authorized by the President.

The Directorate of Intelligence (DI) analyzes all-source intelligence and

produces reports, briefings, and papers on key foreign intelligence issues. This

information comes from a variety of sources and methods, including U.S. personnel

overseas, human intelligence reports, satellite photography, open source information,

and sophisticated sensors.

The Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T) accesses, collects, and

exploits information to facilitate the execution of the CIA’s mission by applying

innovative scientific, engineering, and technical solutions to the most critical

intelligence problems. 

The Directorate of Support (DS) delivers a full range of support, including

acquisitions, communications, facilities services, financial management, information technology, medical services, logistics, and the security of Agency personnel,

information, facilities, and technology. DS services are both domestic and international

in focus and are offered 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

CIA is the Executive Agent for In-Q-Tel, the nonprofit, strategic venture capital firm

chartered to connect the technology demands of the CIA and IC partners’ intelligence

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Defense

Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) collects, produces, and manages

foreign military intelligence for policymakers and military commanders. It has major activities at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC), Bolling Air Force

Base, in Washington, D.C.; the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), in

Huntsville, Alabama; and the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI,

formerly known asArmed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, orAFMIC), in Frederick,

Maryland. Approximately 35 percent of DIA’s employees are military, and approximately 65 percent are civilians.

The DIA Director is a senior military advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the

DNI. In addition, the DIA Director is the program manager for the General Defense

Intelligence Program (GDIP) and, since 2006, program coordinator for the DIA and

Combatant Command portion of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). The DIA

Director also leads the Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center

(DIOCC), which is responsible for coordinating and managing worldwide defense

intelligence operations to satisfy the priorities of the Department of Defense (DoD)

and the Nation.

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Organization

The Directorate for Analysis (DI) assesses foreign militaries. Its

focuses include weapons of mass destruction (WMD), missile systems, terrorism,

infrastructure systems, and defense-related medical issues.

The Directorate for Intelligence, Joint Staff (J2) provides foreign military

intelligence to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior DoD officials.

The Directorate for Human Intelligence (DH) conducts worldwide strategic HUMINT collection operations. DH oversees the Defense

Attache System, which conducts representational duties on behalf of DoD and advises

U.S. Ambassadors on military matters.

The Directorate for MASINT and Technical Collection (DT) is the defense intelligence center for MASINT (measurement and signature intelligence).

It collects and analyzes MASINT, and also develops new MASINT capabilities.

The Directorate for Information Management and Chief 

Information Officer (DS) serves as DIA’s information technology component. It

manages the Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) and

operates the JointWorldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS).

DIA also operates the National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC,

formerly Joint Military Intelligence College, or JMIC), a fully accredited educational

institution that awards Master and Bachelor degrees in strategic intelligence.

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department of

justice | Federal

Bureau of Investigation

national security branch

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as an intelligence and law

enforcement agency, is responsible for understanding threats to our national security

and penetrating national and transnational networks that have a desire and capability

to harm the U.S.The FBI coordinates these efforts with its IC and law enforcement

partners. It focuses on terrorist organizations, foreign intelligence services, Weapon of

Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferators, and criminal enterprises.

The FBI is headquartered inWashington, D.C. It has 56 field offices and more than 400

satellite offices throughout the U.S.The FBI also has more than 50 international offices,

known as Legal Attaches, in embassies worldwide.

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Organization

The National Security Branch (NSB) oversees the FBI’s national security programs.

It includes four divisions plus the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).

The Counterterrorism Division (CTD) focuses on both domestic and international

terrorism. It oversees the Joint TerrorismTask Forces (JTTFs).

The Counterintelligence Division (CD) prevents and investigates

foreign intelligence activities within the U.S. and espionage activities in the U.S.

and overseas.

The Directorate of Intelligence (DI) is the FBI’s intelligence analysis component. It

has embedded employees at FBI Headquarters and in each field office through Field

Intelligence Groups (FIGs) and fusion centers.

The Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD) prevents individuals and groups from acquiring WMD capabilities and technologies for use

against the U.S., and links all operational

and scientific/technology components to

accomplish this mission.

The Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)

was created to consolidate the Government’s

approach to terrorist screening and create

a single comprehensive watch list of known

or suspected terrorists. The TSC helps ensure that federal, local, state, and tribal

terrorist screeners have ready access to

information and expertise.

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National

Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, formerly the National Imagery & Mapping Agency, or NIMA) collects and creates information about the Earth

for navigation, national security, U.S. military operations, and humanitarian aid efforts.

NGA supports U.S. civilian and military leaders and is part of the Department of

Defense (DoD).

NGA has facilities in Bethesda, Maryland (its headquarters); St. Louis, Missouri; Reston,

Virginia; andWashington, D.C. It also has support teams worldwide. NGA will consolidate its D.C.-area operations in NorthernVirginia by September 2011.

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Organization

The Analysis and Production Directorate produces geospatial

intelligence (GEOINT) – the digital and hardcopy maps, navigation charts,

imagery, and analytic reports that describe, visually depict, and accurately locate

physical features and human activities on the Earth.

The Source Operations and Management Directorate collects the data used

to create GEOINT from many sources, including national satellite systems and commercial and airborne imagery.

The Office of the NGA Command Center monitors matters of high current interest and the daily status of imagery collection and GEOINT support to U.S. domestic

and overseas operations.

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National

Reconnaissance 

 Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was established in September

1961 as a classified agency of the DoD. The existence of the NRO and its mission

of overhead reconnaissance were declassified in September 1992. The NRO is the

“nation’s eyes and ears in space.” Headquartered in Chantilly,Virginia, the NRO is a

joint organization engaged in the research and development, acquisition, launch, and

operation of overhead reconnaissance systems necessary to meet the needs of the

IC and the DoD.The NRO conducts other activities as directed by the Secretary of

Defense and/or the DNI. The Director of National Reconnaissance (DNRO) is

selected by the Secretary of Defense with the concurrence of the DNI and also serves

as the Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology).

The NRO’s workforce includes personnel assigned to the NRO primarily from the

Air Force, the CIA, and the Navy. However, the other uniformed services and other

elements of the DoD and the IC are also represented. Another important part of

the NRO team includes some of our country’s leading aerospace corporations and

research centers.

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Organization Role

NRO’s organizational goals are to:

Be a foundation for global situational awareness.

Provide intelligence on timelines that are responsive to user needs.

The NRO collaborates closely with its mission partners NSA,NGA, CIA, U.S. Strategic

Forces Command, U.S.Air Force, U.S.Army, and the Department of the Navy, as well as

other intelligence and defense organizations.

Information collected using NRO satellites is used for intelligence and analysis for a variety of tasks, such as warning of potential foreign military

aggression, monitoring weapons of mass destruction programs, enforcing arms

control and environmental treaties, and assessing the impact of natural and manmade

disasters.

The NRO’s budget is composed of funds from the National Intelligence Program (NIP)

and the DoD’s Military Intelligence Program (MIP).

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National

Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the U.S.’s cryptologic organization,

with responsibility for protecting U.S. National Security information systems and

collecting and disseminating foreign signals intelligence. Areas of expertise include

cryptanalysis, cryptography, mathematics, computer science, and foreign language

analysis. NSA is part of the Department of Defense, and is staffed by a combination

of civilian and military personnel.

NSA has an extensive consumer outreach system, with representatives in many intelligence consumer organizations in theWashington,D.C., area, in other parts of the U.S.,

and around the world. NSA’s headquarters is at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Organization

The Signals Intelligence Directorate is responsible for understanding

consumers’ intelligence information needs, and for the collection, analysis and

production, and dissemination of SIGINT.

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Operating under the authority

of the Secretary of Defense, the

Information Assurance Directorate 

ensures the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation of national security and telecommunications and information systems

(national security systems).

The Central Security Service

(CSS) oversees the function of the

military cryptologic system, develops

policy and guidance on the contributions of military cryptology to the

Signals Intelligence / Information Security (SIGINT/INFOSEC) enterprise, and

manages the partnership of NSA and the Service Cryptologic Components. NSA

as a whole is known as “NSA/CSS.”

The NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC) monitors the operations of

the global network to identify network-based threats and protect U.S. and allied networks.

The National Security Operations Center (NSOC) is a 24 hours a day/7 days

a week operations center that, on behalf of the NSA/CSS, provides total situational

awareness across the NSA/CSS enterprise for both foreign Signals Intelligence and

Information Assurance, maintains cognizance of national security information needs,

and monitors unfolding world events.

The Research Directorate conducts research on signals intelligence and on

information assurance for the U.S. Government.

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department of

justice | Drug

Enforcement Adminis- tration | office of national

security intelligence

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is responsible for enforcing the

controlled substance laws and regulations of the U.S. It brings to the criminal and

civil justice system of the U.S., or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and the principal members of those organizations involved in the growing,

manufacturing,or distributing of controlled substances appearing in or destined forillicit

traffic in the U.S.In addition,DEArecommends and supports non-enforcement programs

aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and

international markets.

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DEA has 21 field divisions in the U.S. and more than 80 offices in over 60

countries worldwide.

Organization

DEA’s Office of National Security Intelligence (ONSI) became a member

of the IC in 2006. Located at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, ONSI facilitates full and appropriate intelligence

coordination and information sharing

with other members of the U.S.

Intelligence Community and homeland

security elements. Its goal is to enhance

the U.S.’s efforts to reduce the supply

of drugs, protect national security, and

combat global terrorism.

With analytical support from the Intelligence 

Program, DEA has disrupted major trafficking 

organizations or put them entirely out of business.

Since its establishment in 1973, the DEA, in 

coordination with other federal, state, local, and 

foreign law enforcement organizations has been 

responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of drug-related intelligence.

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Military Intelligence Director

General George Washington was one of the 

most adept practitioners of military intelligence 

activities on either side of the Revolutionary War. 

General Washington made sophisticated use of 

HUMINT collection and he practiced extensive deception and misdirection against Tory opponents.

General Washington led several intelligence operations. To learn about the activities of the British 

army in New York City and nearby areas, Washington established the Army’s first intelligence unit, 

commanded by Thomas Knowlton. “Knowlton’s 

Rangers,” which consisted of 130 soldiers and 20 

officers, were sent on secret missions too dangerous for regular troops. Washington also led an 

elaborate and productive network, the Culper 

Ring, in New York City and Long Island. These 

operatives practiced sophisticated tradecraft that 

included code names, cover stories, secret writing, 

encryption, and dead drops.

Washington made frequent use of deception 

operations to offset British firepower and troop 

number superiority. He allowed fabricated documents to fall into the hands of enemy agents or be 

discussed in their presence, told couriers carrying 

bogus information to be captured by the British, 

and inserted forged documents in intercepted Brit- ish pouches that were then sent on to their desti- nations. He had army procurement officers make 

false purchases of large quantities of supplies in 

places picked to convince the British that a sizeable Continental force was massing. After learning 

from the Culper Ring that the British planned to 

attack a French expedition that had just landed 

in Newport, Rhode Island, Washington planted 

information with known British agents indicating 

that he intended to move against New York, and 

he staged a march toward the city. Those ploys 

persuaded Clinton to call back his troops headed 

for Rhode Island. A few years later, Washington 

used similar techniques to hide his movement 

toward the Chesapeake Bay and eventual victory 

at Yorktown by convincing the British initially that 

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Department of

Energy | office

of intelligence and

counterintelligence

The Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for U.S. energy policy.

The Department of Energy also has a system of National Laboratories and

Technical Centers, which are primarily operated by private corporations and

universities.They conduct scientific research in the national interest.

Organization

The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (IN) is DOE’s intelligence office and IC component. It focuses on assessing worldwide nuclear

terrorism threats and nuclear counterproliferation, and evaluating foreign technology

threats.This office also provides the IC with access to DOE’s energy information and

technical expertise.

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Department

of Homeland

Security | office of

intelligence & analysis

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for leading

the unified national effort to secure the United States by preventing and deterring

terrorist attacks and responding to threats and hazards.

Organization

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is DHS’s headquarters

intelligence element and is led by the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis,

with guidance from the Homeland Security Council and Homeland Security Intelligence Council.As a member of the IC, I&A is responsible for using information and

intelligence from multiple sources to identify and assess current and future threats

to the United States. I&A provides actionable intelligence to support national and

DHS decisionmakers while working closely with state, local, tribal, and private sector

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partners. I&A focuses on threats related to border security; chemical, biological,

radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) issues, to include explosives and infectious diseases; critical infrastructure protection; extremists within the homeland; and travelers

entering the homeland.

Although they are not part of the IC, several of DHS’s other subcomponents

have extensive interactions with the IC, including U.S. Immigration and Customs

Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection,Transportation SecurityAdministration,

Secret Service, and Citizenship and Immigration Services.

In addition, the Coast Guard, a DHS component, is a member of the IC.

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Department of

State | bureau of

intelligence and research

The Department of State is the lead agency for U.S. foreign affairs and is

responsible for the conduct of diplomacy. Its intelligence support component is the

Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).

Organization

The Bureau of Intelligence and Research provides all-source intelligence

support to the Secretary of State and other State Department policymakers,

including ambassadors, special negotiators, country directors, and desk officers. The

INRAssistant Secretary is responsible for intelligence analysis, policy, and coordination

of intelligence activities in support of diplomacy.

INR’s functions include:

All-source analysis of key events, issues, and trends in support of the Secretary

of State’s global responsibilities.

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Intelligence policy, operations, and liaison coordination.

Open source public opinion surveys, polls, and media trends analysis.

Managing conferences and workshops drawing on outside expertise and administration of the TitleVIII grant program on Eurasian and East European Studies.

Directing the Humanitarian Information Unit, an interagency-staffed center

created to identify, collect, analyze, and disseminate unclassified information

critical to U.S. Government decisionmakers and partners in preparation for and

in response to complex emergencies worldwide, and to promote best practices

for information management.

INR has approximately 300 personnel drawn principally from the Civil Service and the

Foreign Service.

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Department

of the Treasury

office of intelligence and

analysis

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) was established by the

Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2004.The Act specifies that OIA shall be

responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence

and foreign counterintelligence information related to the operation and responsibilities of the Department of the Treasury.

OIA’s strategic priorities:

Terrorist Financing: Over the past several years, the terrorist threat has become

far more decentralized in nature, and many terrorist groups affiliated with al

Qa’ida now pose a serious threat to U.S. national security.

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Insurgency Financing: OIA will continue to improve its understanding of the insurgency financing, primarily through the Baghdad-based IraqThreat Finance Cell

(ITFC) for which Treasury serves as co-lead with the Department of Defense.

Rogue Regimes/Proliferation Financing: OIA has assumed an increasingly important role in Treasury’s effort to combat other national security threats, including

rogue regimes involved inWMD proliferation. OIA will continue to build on its

efforts in these critical areas.

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Army

The Department of the Army’s IC component is called Army Military 

Intelligence (Army MI). It is fully integrated into Army forces. Army MI’s goal is to

provide all-source intelligence that is relevant, useful, and timely, to Army and other

military personnel at all levels.

Organization

The Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, is the senior intelligence officer in the U.S.

Army and is responsible for Army intelligence activities.This includes policy formulation, planning, programming, budgeting, management, staff, supervision, evaluation, and

oversight. As the Army senior official within the IC,

his or her staff is also responsible for coordinating all

Army intelligence.

The U.S.Army’s operational-level intelligence organization is Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), headquartered at Fort Belvoir,Virginia.

The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) provides the Army with military,

scientific, and technical intelligence. NGIC falls under

INSCOM and is in Charlottesville,Virginia.

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Navy

Naval Intelligence’s mission is to support maritime operations worlwide to defend the U.S. Naval intelligence professionals, who are all members of the IC, are deployed throughout the Navy and the Department of

Defense.The Director of Naval Intelligence (OPNAV N2) reports to the Chief of

Naval Operations (CNO) and is the Navy’s Senior Intelligence Officer.

Organization

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), headquartered at the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) in Suitland, MD, is a major IC production center for maritime

intelligence. It produces intelligence on seaborne terrorism, weapons and technology

proliferation, and narcotics and smuggling operations. ONI also analyzes foreign naval

strategies, capabilities, operations, characteristics, and trends to support Navy, Department of Defense, and national needs.

ONI and the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center (USCG-ICC) both

have a maritime mission, and they share an intelligence partnership that started

in the early 1970s. They are identified as the core element of the Global Maritime

Intelligence Integration (GMII) Plan. That plan is a component of the National

Strategy for Maritime Security, which was signed by the President in late 2005. ONI

and USCG-ICC man an around-the-clock maritime watch in the NMIC, which

tracks over 18,000 vessels worldwide.

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Women in Naval Intelligence

Navy women, known during World War II as WAVES, provided critical support to the U.S. 

Navy’s intelligence organizations. WAVES built and operated the 120 “Bombe” devices 

used to decipher German messages sent by the now-famous “Enigma” machines. They 

also participated in deriving “Special Intelligence” from decrypted enemy radio 

intercepts and other sources, to chart German U-boat operations in the Atlantic. 

This work enabled the Allies to break the back of Hitler’s submarine offensive. 

Agnes Meyer Driscoll was among the most famous and formidable of the early women 

pioneers in cryptology. She was a brilliant cryptanalyst responsible for training most of 

the naval officers credited with the Navy’s code-breaking accomplishments during World 

War II. Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton said of her in his memoir, “She not only trained 

most of the leading naval cryptanalysts of World War II, but they all were agreed that 

none exceeded her gifted accomplishments in the business.” She was inducted into the 

National Security Agency’s Hall of Honor in 2000.
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Air Force

The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AF ISR)

is the Air Force’s IC component.

Organization

The Headquarters Air Force A2 is the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for

ISR. He or she provides policy, oversight, and guidance to all Air Force intelligence

organizations.

The Air Force ISR Agency (formerly the Air Intelligence Agency, or AIA) organizes,

trains, and equips forces to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for

combatant commanders and the nation. Air Force ISR is also responsible for implementing and overseeing policy and guidance, and expandingAF ISR capabilities to meet

current and future challenges.The AF ISR Agency commander serves as the Service

Cryptologic Element under NSA, and oversees Air Force Signals Intelligence activities.

The AF ISR Agency commands several subcomponents, including the 70th

Intelligence Wing and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC,

formerly National Air Intelligence Center, or NAIC).

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Marine Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) produces tactical and operational intelligence for

battlefield support. Its IC component is comprised of all intelligence professionals in the Marine

Corps. Most Marine Corps intelligence professionals are integrated into operating forces.

Organization

The Marine Corps’ Director of Intelligence (DIRINT) is its principal intelligence staff

officer, and is the service’s functional manager for intelligence, counterintelligence, and

cryptologic matters.

Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), in Suitland, Maryland, and

Quantico,Virginia, is the USMC service production center. In addition, MCIA supports

other services as appropriate. It provides the Marine Corps with intelligence for planning, training, operations, and exercises. MCIA can be tasked to provide expeditionary

warfare intelligence to support any national, theater, or operational command in the

U.S.Armed Forces.MCIA’s analysis and production support not only the Marine Corps,

but also the national decisionmaker, theater commander, and operational warfighter.

MCIA is a major production organization for expeditionary intelligence and cultural

intelligence.

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department of

homeland security

Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is one of the five U.S. armed services.A component of the Department of Homeland Security, its unique blend of humanitarian, law enforcement, regulatory, diplomatic, and military capabilities has five roles: maritime security, maritime

safety, protection of natural resources, maritime mobility, and national defense.

Organization

The CG-2 is Director for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations.

The Coast Guard Intelligence Program includes the Coast Guard 

Counter Intelligence Service, the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination 

Center (ICC), and the Coast Guard 

Cryptologic Group (which conducts

SIGINT operations under NSA authorities). Actionable intelligence for operational commanders is provided by two

Maritime Intelligence Fusion Centers,

26 Sector Intelligence Officers, and 30 Field 

Intelligence Support Teams (FISTs).

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Additional Organizations

Many important government organizations have a relationship with the IC.

Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) are FBI-led multi-organization task forces composed of local,state, and federal entities.They were established by the FBI to conduct

operations to predict and disrupt terrorist plots. JTTFs are in over 100 cities nationwide; in addition, there is at least one in each of the FBI’s 56 field offices.The National

Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF), inWashington, D.C., coordinates

all the JTTFs.

Fusion Centers combine resources, expertise, and information at the state, local, and

tribal levels to improve participants’ ability to detect and respond to crimes and terrorism. Fusion centers vary from state to state. However, most include state and local

law enforcement; public health and safety entities; and federal entities such as FBI,DHS,

and the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). 

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executive oversight: 

HSC and NSC

The National Security Council (NSC) was established by the National

Security Act of 1947. It is the President’s forum for considering national security and

foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.

The NSC also serves as the President’s principal arm for coordinating these policies

among various government organizations. The NSC is chaired by the President.

Its regular attendees (both statutory and non-statutory) are the Vice President, the

Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and the

Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, and the Director of

National Intelligence is the intelligence advisor. The Chief of Staff to the President,

Counsel to the President, and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy are

invited to attend any NSC meeting. Other senior officials are invited to attend

meetings of the NSC when appropriate.

The NSC drafts, coordinates, and approves National Security Presidential

Directives (NSPDs), which are an instrument for communicating Presidential decisions

about U.S. national security policy.

The Homeland Security Council (HSC) was established by Executive Order

13228 on October 8, 2001. Its purpose is to coordinate all homeland security-related activities among executive departments and agencies, and to promote the

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effective development and implementation of all homeland security policies.The HSC

includes the President,Vice President, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of the

Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of Health and Human

Services, Secretary ofTransportation,Director of National Intelligence,Director of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security

and Counterterrorism. In addition, the Chief of Staff to the President, the Chief of

Staff to theVice President, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,

the Counsel to the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,

and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are invited to attend any HSC meeting.

Other senior officials are invited to attend HSC meetings as appropriate.

The HSC drafts, coordinates, and approves Homeland Security Presidential Directives

(HSPDs), which are an instrument for communicating Presidential decisions about U.S.

homeland security policy.

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Five Decades of Independent Advice

Presidents since Eisenhower have valued the seasoned and independent counsel of the 

President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB). 

In January 1956, President Eisenhower established the President’s Board of Consultants 

on Foreign Intelligence Activities (PBCFIA), in response to a blue-ribbon commission recommendation. By the end of 1956 the PBCFIA’s confidential advice constituted perhaps 

the most important internal influence on American intelligence for the remainder of the 

Eisenhower administration. 

The PBCFIA has been disbanded, reformed, and reshaped over time to serve each President’s needs. The PBCFIA was renamed the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory 

Board (PFIAB) under President Kennedy, and gained its current name, the President’s 

Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), under President Bush in 2008.
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executive oversight: 

PIAB

Unique within the government, the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board 

(PIAB) and Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) is tasked with providing the

President with an independent source of advice on the effectiveness with which the IC

is meeting the nation’s intelligence needs and the vigor and insight with which the IC

plans for the future.The PIAB provides advice to the President concerning the quality

and adequacy of intelligence collection,of analysis and estimates,of counterintelligence,

and of other intelligence activities. Independent of the IC and free from any day-to-day

management or operational responsibilities, the PIAB is able to render advice which

reflects an objective view of the kinds of intelligence that will best serve the country

and the organizational structure most likely to achieve this goal.The IOB, a committee

of the PIAB, informs the President of intelligence activities that it believes may be unlawful or contrary to Executive Order or presidential directive and that are not being

adequately addressed by the Attorney General, the DNI, or the head of a department

concerned. It also advises the President on intelligence activities it believes should be

reported to him immediately.

The PIAB currently has 16 members selected from among distinguished citizens outside the government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience, independence, and integrity.The PIAB was established in 1956 as the President’s Board

of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities. It gained its current name in 2008

when the President signed Executive Order 13462; prior to that it was known as the

President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB).

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Legislative Oversight

The U.S. Congress has consistently had oversight responsibility over national

intelligence activities. From the 1940s on, the Armed Services Committees and

Appropriations Committees exercised oversight responsibility, although their activities

were typically discrete and hidden from the public eye.

Following allegations of wrongdoing by U.S. intelligence organizations, the

Senate established the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) on May 19,

1976. The House of Representatives followed suit on July 14, 1977, by creating the

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).These committees, along

with the Armed Services and the Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs Committees,

were charged with authorizing the programs of the intelligence organizations and overseeing their activities.

The 1980 Intelligence Oversight Act set forth the current oversight structure

by establishing SSCI and HPSCI as oversight committees for the CIA. Within the

Congress these Committees are responsible for producing Intelligence Authorization

bills, which proscribe certain activities of the Intelligence Community. The Senate

Select Committee on Intelligence also provides advice and consent on the nominations

of certain Presidentially appointed intelligence officials.

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The Appropriations Committees, given their constitutional role to appropriate funds for all U.S. Government activities, also exercise oversight functions.

Specifically,the House and SenateAppropriations Sub-Committeesfor Defense produce

annual appropriations for national and military intelligence activities via the Defense

Appropriations Act.

These Authorization and Appropriations bodies are the principal congressional recipients of IC products, briefings, notifications, and reprogramming requests. They routinely hold hearings on budgetary and other oversight matters.

Other Committees interact with the IC as needed.

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Financial Management and

Oversight

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) provides the DNI with

significant budget authorities related to the IC’s budget development and ensuring the

effective execution of that budget.

The National Intelligence Program (NIP), formerly known as the National Foreign

Intelligence Program (NFIP), provides the resources needed to develop and maintain

intelligence capabilities that support national priorities.

The Military Intelligence Program (MIP) funds the unique intelligence needs of

the Department of Defense and the tactical forces. It is controlled by the Secretary

of Defense, and the DNI participates in the development of the MIP.The Joint Military

Intelligence Program and theTactical Intelligence and RelatedActivities were combined

in 2005 to form the MIP.

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Classified

Communication Systems

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Opening Day for COMSEC

The U.S. Army’s 26th Division, deployed to France in World War I, devised a 

unique radio code to confuse German eavesdroppers. Its phrases were derived 

from baseball jargon, with which the Division’s green troops were likely more 

comfortable than the military terminology they were just learning. In this code, 

officers were “majors” and enlisted men “minors”; prisoners became “stolen 

bases,” and “hit by pitched ball” meant slightly wounded. “Wagner at bat,” refer- ring to Pittsburgh Pirates star shortstop Honus Wagner, meant “We are under 

bombardment.” Perhaps the most popular phrase from the code was “game 

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Frequently Used Terms

ARC: Analytic Resources Catalog (ARC) is a centralized IC repository of

analyst assignments and expertise, professional histories and experiences, and personal

professional data relevant to analysts’ expertise. It includes a searchable repository

of contact information known as the AnalystYellow Pages (AYP).

DoDIIS: Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) is a DIAled enterprise that manages the intelligence information technology activities of and

provides intelligence technology to the Department of Defense, the combatant commands, and other national security entities.

Fabric: The interconnection between IC computer systems at a given

level of security. There is a Fabric for the Top Secret, Secret-Collateral, and

Unclassified levels.

IC E-mail: Email between organizations over the JWICS network.Also referred to as

ICE-mail or JWICS email.

Intelink: The IC’s equivalent of the Internet. Intelink usually refers to Intelink on

JWICS (Top Secret), but Intelink also exists on the Secret (known as Intelink-S) and

Unclassified (known as Intelink-U) levels.

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Intellipedia: The IC’s answer to Wikipedia, it is a user-edited compilation of IC

knowledge. It is frequently a good starting point for definitions and research.

Intellipedia exists on all three Fabrics, but theTop Secret Intellipedia is the most robust

version. Intellipedia may be shortened to “Iped.”

JDISS: Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System (JDISS) is a software suite that can

be hooked up to JWICS, SIPRNet, or NIPRNet.

Computers

Unclassified - Level Computer Systems

AIN:Agency Internet (AIN) is the CIA’s unclassified computer network.

HSIN: Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) is DHS’s unclassified

network for developing and disseminating threat information and warnings. Also

referred to as HSIN-Intelligence.

LEO: Law Enforcement Online (LEO) is a

nationwide unclassified communications network that law enforcement professionals can

use to communicate with one another. The

FBI uses LEO to communicate with other law

enforcement professionals; however, the FBI

does not have its own unclassified network.

NIPRNet:Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) is the Department of

Defense’s unclassified system.

OpenNet: State Department’s unclassified

network.

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Secret - Level Classified Computer Systems

ClassNet: State Department’s Secret-level network.

FBINet: FBI’s Secret-level network. FBInet is the FBI’s primary operations network.

It does not connect directly to SIPRNet, but can connect remotely.

HOCNet: HUMINT Operational Communications Network (HOCNet) provides information technology, communications, and desktop services for DoD

HUMINT needs.

HSDN: Homeland Secure Data Network (HSDN) is DHS’s Secret-level communication network. It is designed to share information between federal, state, and local

government entities.

SIPRNet: Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is a

Secret-level network maintained by the Defense Information Systems Agency and

used heavily by the U.S. military (and some foreign partners). It is the Secret-level

counterpart to JWICS in that it is a communications network, not a terminal. Users

must develop their own Secret network or use another organization’s terminal to

access SIPRNet. Intelink-S (the Secret version of Intelink) runs off of SIPRNet.

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Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information - Level

Classified Computer Systems

CapNet: Capitol Network (CapNet), formerly known as Intelink-P,

provides Congressional intelligence consumers with connectivity to Intelink-TS

and CIASource.

CWAN: Contractor Wide Area Network (CWAN) is NRO’s Top Secret computer network for contractors.

DIA JWICS: DIA’s Top Secret computer network. It is also referred to by DIA as JWICS.

INRISS: INR Intelligence Support System (INRISS) is State Department’s TS network.

JWICS: JointWorldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) is the Intelligence

Community’s TS-SCI global network. JWICS is a communications network that delivers

secure information services to national and defense intelligence components around the

world. All U.S. Government TS-SCI networks run off of JWICS.

NGANet: NGA’s TS-SCI network.

NMIS: NRO Management Information System (NMIS) is NRO’s Top Secret network.

NMIS is also referred to as GWAN (GovernmentWide Area Network).

NSANet: NSA’s internal classified network.

SCION: Sensitive Compartmented Information Operational Network (SCION) is the

FBI’s TS-SCI network.

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Stone Ghost:TheTop Secret network run by DIA to facilitate information sharing and

exchange with Commonwealth partners. It is used by Australia, Canada, the United

Kingdom, and the United States.This capability may also be referred to a “Q-Lat” or

“Quad link.” Stone Ghost does not carry Intelink-TS.

Phone and Fax

Classified Faxes: Secure telephones (STUs and STEs) can transmit classified faxes,

when connected to an approved fax machine.

DSN: Defense Switched Network (DSN) is the network that transmits secure and

non-secure voice, data, and video teleconferencing information, including for STEs,

STUs, and SIPRNet.

GETS: Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) is a national

phone network that is designed to provide

voice communications in an emergency or

disaster. It uses standard long-distance, local,

and federally-leased telephone networks.

NOIWON: National Operations and Intelligence Watch Officer Network (NOIWON)

is a dedicated secure telephone system with a

conferencing capability,for the rapid exchange

and sharing of high interest and time-sensitive

information between Washington, D.C.-area

operations centers.

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NSTS: NSA/CSS Secure Telephone System (NSTS) is a stand-alone secure telephone

system that allows conversation up to the TS-SCI level. IC entities call these phones

by different names,such as grey, white, or green phones, although these colors do not

always reflect the actual color of the telephone unit.

STE: SecureTerminal Equipment (STEs) are telephones that can carry secure conversations. STEs are replacing STUs, although STUs are still in common use.

STU: Secure Telephone Units (STUs) are telephones that can carry secure conversations. STUs can also function as regular telephones when the Crypto Ignition Key

(CIK) is not inserted.

WashFax:A secure fax system intended for use within the D.C. Beltway.

Comprehensive IC support to customers is a key ODNI focus. We

accomplish that by developing and implementing policy and by helping customers

reach into and work with the IC. Direct points of contact within ODNI for general

assistance, information technology, public affairs, and security are provided below.

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Community Assistance

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General Assistance

Please call the general assistance number listed above for any question about the Intelligence Community or accessing intelligence. As part of the ODNI’s consumer focus,

we have provided channel managers—single points of responsibility who help orchestrate, connect, and advocate on behalf of the IC’s relationship with its partners and

with intelligence consumers.

Chief Information Office

The Office of the Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information

Officer (ADNI & CIO) is responsible for issues relating to managing the IC’s information technology by:

Using technology to facilitate the free flow of intelligence, including developing

current policies and investigating future technologies.

Managing technology to support the business of intelligence and to reduce

duplication and waste.

Standardizing information technology and procedures on acquiring and applying

intelligence-related information technology.

Designing, building, and operating information technology tools that serve all intelligence users, instead of having each organization develop their own competing tools.

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Public Affairs Office

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence Public Affairs Office (PAO)

serves as the lead organization for the DNI for all internal and external strategic

communications. The PAO develops communications strategies to help disseminate

key messages to four principal target audiences—the internal workforce, members of the media, the general public, and other interested external stakeholders.

The organization acts as the “front door” for individual, public, and media requests;

maintains and operates content for the ODNI web sites on the Internet and

Intranet systems; and, facilitates all public responses and appearances of the ODNI leadership. The PAO consists of a front

office and three distinct areas of specialty: the Media Relations Division (MRD); the

Public Outreach Division (POD); and, the Internal Communications Division (ICD).

All three branches work in coordination to ensure that messages are consistent and are disseminated to the

appropriate audience in a timely manner.

Special Security Center

The ODNI’s Special Security Center is responsible for developing clear, uniform, ICwide security standards and practices to

govern such issues as access to facilities, electronic access to systems and databases, and

clearance of personnel.

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ODNI security professionals can help consumers with:

Training, by:

Providing or directing to courses in physical security, information systems

security, and classification management.

Providing a Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) orientation seminar.

Clearances, by:

Providing access to Scattered Castles, the IC repository of clearance and

access approval information, to easily verify the clearances of employees in

other organizations.

Providing entrance to SpecialAccess Programs (SAPs), as needed,through the

Controlled Access Program Coordination Office (CAPCO).

Security, by:

Helping develop and implement security policies for handling and protecting

intelligence information.

Providing guidance on how to build, accredit, and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs).

Documenting and investigating unauthorized disclosures of intelligence

information.

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Glossary

All-Source: Intelligence product or analysis that uses all the sources of intelligence

available to come to a conclusion, instead of just relying on one primary source.

This may also be referred to as multi-INT reporting.

Compartmented Intelligence: National intelligence information under

a control system and only available to designated individuals.

Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge resulting from all-source analysis of cultural

factors, which assists in anticipating the actions of people or groups of people.

Expeditionary Intelligence: Intelligence in support of an armed force organized to

accomplish a specific objective in a foreign country.

Information Assurance: Protecting information’s confidentiality, integrity, and

availability.

National Intelligence: According to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism

Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), National Intelligence and the term ‘intelligence related to national security’ refer to all intelligence,regardless of the source from which

derived and including information gathered within or outside the U.S., that:

Pertains, as determined consistent with any guidance issued by the President, to

more than one U.S. Government agency; and

That involves:

Threats to the U.S., its people, property, or interests;

The development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction; or

Any other matter bearing on U.S. national homeland security.

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Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI): Classified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes requiring handling exclusively within formal access control systems established by

the DNI.

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF): An accredited area

where Sensitive Compartmented Information may be stored, used, discussed,

and/or processed. Only those IC Agencies with SCIF Accreditation Authority may

officially accredit facilities to handle, process, and store SCI materials.

Unauthorized Disclosure: A communication or physical transfer of classified

information to an unauthorized recipient.

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Abbreviations

and Acronyms

ADNI: Associate Director of National Intelligence

AF ISR: Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency

(formerly AIA)

AFMIC: Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (now NCMI)

AIN: Agency Internet (CIA)

AIA:Air Intelligence Agency (now Air Force ISR Agency)

ARC:Analytic Resource Catalog

AYP:AnalystYellow Pages

CAPCO: Controlled Access Program Coordination Office

CapNet: Capitol Network

CBRN: Chemical, biological,radiological, and nuclear

CIK: Crypto Ignition Key

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CD: Counterintelligence Division (FBI)

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

CIO: Chief Information Officer

CNO: Chief of Naval Operations

COMINT: Communications Intelligence

CSS: Central Security Service (of the National Security Agency / Central Security

Service)

CTD: Counterterrorism Division (FBI)

CWAN: ContractorWide Area Network (NRO)

DCIA: Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

DDI: Director of Defense Intelligence

DDNI: Deputy Director of National Intelligence

DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration

DH: Directorate for Human Intelligence (DIA)

DHS: Department of Homeland Security

DI: Directorate of Intelligence (CIA, FBI)

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DI: Directorate for Analysis (DIA)

DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency

DIAC: Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIA)

DIOCC: Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center (DIA)

DIRINT: Director of Intelligence (Marine Corps)

DNI: Director of National Intelligence

DNRO: Director of the National Reconnaissance Office

DoD: Department of Defense

DoDIIS: Department of Defense Intelligence Information System

DOE: Department of Energy

DS: Directorate of Support (CIA)

DS: Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Officer (DIA)

DS&T: Directorate of Science and Technology (CIA)

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DSN: Defense Switch Network

DT: Directorate for MASINT and Technical Collection (DIA)

DTRA: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

ELINT: Electronic Intelligence

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIG: Field Intelligence Group (FBI)

FISINT: Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence

FIST: Field Intelligence Support Team (Coast Guard)

GDIP: General Defense Intelligence Program

GEOINT: Geospatial Intelligence

GETS: Government Emergency Telecommunications Service

GMII: Global Maritime Intelligence Integration

GWAN: GovernmentWide Area Network (NRO; aka NMIS)

HOCNet: HUMINT Operational Communications Network (DoD)

HPSCI: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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HSC: Homeland Security Council

HSDN: Homeland Security Data Network (DHS)

HSIN: Homeland Security Information Network (DHS)

HSPD: Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HUMINT: Human Intelligence

I&A: Office of Intelligence & Analysis (DHS)

IC: Intelligence Community

ICC: Intelligence Coordination Center (Coast Guard)

IMINT: Imagery Intelligence

IN: Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE)

INFOSEC: Information Security

INR: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State)

INRISS: INR Intelligence Support System (State)

INSCOM: Intelligence and Security Command (Army)

IOB: Intelligence Oversight Board

IRTPA: Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

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ISC: Information Sharing Council

ISE: Information Sharing Environment

ISR: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

ITFC: Iraq Threat Finance Cell

J2: Directorate for Intelligence, Joint Staff (DoD)

JDISS: Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System

JMIC: Joint Military Intelligence College (DIA– now NDIC)

JTTF: Joint TerrorismTask Force

JWICS: JointWorldwide Intelli-

gence Communications System

LEO: Law Enforcement Online

MASINT: Measurement and Signa-

ture Intelligence

MCIA: Marine Corps Intelligence

Activity

MI

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MIP: Military Intelligence Program

MSIC: Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC)

NAIC: National Air Intelligence Center (Air Force – now NASIC)

NASIC: National Air and Space Intelligence Center (Air Force – formerly NAIC)

NCIX: National Counterintelligence Executive

NCMI: National Center for Medical Intelligence (formerly AFMIC)

NCPC: National Counterproliferation Center

NCS: National Clandestine Service

NCTC: National Counterterrorism Center

NDIC: National Defense Intelligence College (DIA

– formerly JMIC)

NFIP: National Foreign Intelligence Program (now

NIP)

NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly NIMA)

NGIC: National Ground Intelligence Center (Army)

NIC: National Intelligence Council (ODNI)

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NIC-C: National Intelligence Coordination Center (ODNI)

NIE: National Intelligence Estimate

NIP: National Intelligence Program (formerly NFIP)

NIPRNet: Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (DoD)

NIPF: National Intelligence Priorities Framework

NIMA: National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA)

NJTTF: National Joint TerrorismTask Force

NMEC: National Media Exploitation Center

NMIC: National Maritime Intelligence Center (Navy/USCG)

NMIS: NRO Management Information System (aka GWAN)

NOIWON: National Operations and IntelligenceWatch Officer Network

NOL: NCTC Online

NRO: National Reconnaissance Office

NSA: National Security Agency

NSA/CSS: National Security Agency / Central Security Service

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NSB: National Security Branch (FBI)

NSC: National Security Council

NSOC: National Security Operations Center (NSA)

NSPD: National Security Presidential Directive

NSTS: NSA/CSS Secure Telephone System

NTOC: NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center

NVTC: NationalVirtual Translation Center

ODNI: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

OIA: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (Department of the Treasury)

OMB: Office of Management and Budget

ONCIX: Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive

ONI: Office of Naval Intelligence (Navy)

ONSI: Office of National Security Intelligence (DEA)

OPNAV N2: Director for Naval Intelligence (Navy)

OSC: Open Source Center

OSINT: Open Source Intelligence

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PDDNI: Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

PFIAB: President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (now PIAB)

PIAB: President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight

Board (formerly PFIAB)

PM-ISE: Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment

SAP: Special Access Program

SCI: Sensitive Compartmented Information

SCIF: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SCION: Sensitive Compartmented Information Operational Network (FBI)

SIGINT: Signals Intelligence

SIPRNet: Secure Internet Protocol Router Network

SSCI: Senate Select Committee on

Intelligence

STE: Secure Terminal Equipment

STU: Secure Telephone Unit

TIDE:Terrorist Identities Datamart

Environment (NCTC)

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TS-SCI:Top Secret-Sensitive Compartmented Information

TSC:Terrorist Screening Center

TSDB:Terrorist Screening Database

UFAC: Underground Facilities Analysis Center

UGF: Underground Facility

USCG: U.S. Coast Guard

USCG-ICC: U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center

USMC: United States Marine Corps

WMD:Weapon of Mass Destruction

WMDD:Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (FBI)

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Air Force

Analysis

Army

Assistance

Budget

Central Intelligence Agency

Civil Liberties

Coast Guard

Collection of Intelligence

Computers

Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)

Counterintelligence

Defense Intelligence Agency

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Justice

Department of State

Department of the Treasury

Director of National Intelligence

Drug Enforcement Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Geospatial Intelligence

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13, 14-15, 18, 27

9, 13, 41, 46, 53, 54, 70, 88, 90

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9, 29, 32-33, 40-41, 66, 72, 84, 85, 86

4, 23

9, 49, 55, 59, 87, 88, 94

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22, 53, 66-67, 74, 87, 93

22, 26, 33, 37, 47, 52, 58, 65, 90, 92

9, 28, 30, 34-35, 71, 74, 75, 86, 89, 90

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67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 85, 86, 87, 90

9, 47, 86

9, 48-49, 59, 60, 72, 73, 85, 88

9, 36-37, 44-45

7, 9, 50-51, 62, 73, 74, 88

9, 52-53, 62, 92

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84, 85, 86, 91, 92, 93

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9, 30, 36-37, 60, 72, 73, 75, 85, 87, 93, 94

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Homeland Security

Homeland Security Council

Human Intelligence

Intelligence (defined)

Intelligence Community

Intelligence Cycle

Law Enforcement and Intelligence

Laws & Orders

Marine Corps

Measurement and Signature Intelligence

National Counterintelligence Executive

National Counterproliferation Center

National Counterterrorism Center

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Reconnaissance Office

National Security Agency

National Security Council

Navy

Open Source Intelligence

Oversight

Proliferation and Counterproliferation

Signals Intelligence

Sources of Intelligence

Telephones

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Weapon of Mass Destruction

6, 48-49, 59, 62-63, 82

22, 48, 62-63, 88

12, 32-33, 35, 46, 88

6, 82

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11, 29, 30, 36-37, 44-45, 59, 60, 72, 89

6, 11, 23, 32, 62, 63, 65, 68, 82, 88, 89, 92

9, 58, 86, 89, 94

12, 35, 89

22, 26, 90, 92

22-23, 26, 90

22, 24, 90

9, 28, 38-39, 74, 90, 91

9, 40-41, 74, 85, 86, 87, 91

9, 28, 41, 42-43, 57, 59, 74, 76, 92

7, 20, 22, 62, 92

9, 41, 55, 56, 91, 92

12, 29, 51, 93

11, 62-68, 87, 93

6, 23, 26, 36, 37, 52, 82, 90

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