These items provide the basic input to the more fully analyzed items described below. It is tailored to meet daily intelligence needs as defined by the President and is distributed to only the President, the Vice President, and those very few senior executive branch officials who are designated by the President as recipients. DIA also provides a weekly Defense Intelligence Supplement covering military issues and topics. A compilation of key items of current intelligence published six days a week by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence. Late, uncoordinated items are so noted.
Dissemination is limited, and there is no classification limit.
Versions of this publication, varying in classification level and tailored to specific topic interests, are cabled to major US military commands and selected US posts abroad. Coordinated within only CIA, it updates and supplements the NID with quick-reaction analytical judgments on new developments. Important IRPs are issued in two formats - a brief summary entitled Key Findings for senior policy makers and a complete version for other consumers.