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handle is hein.crs/govegsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CongresWonal Research SerVec informing Ih legiative debat sin1. 114 Updated December 13, 2021 Defense Primer: National and Defense Intelligence The Intelligence Community (IC), comprised of 18 statutory elements (50 U.S.C. §3003(4)), is charged with providing insight into actual or potential threats to the U.S. homeland, the American people, and national interests at home and abroad. It does so through the production of timely and apolitical products and services. Intelligence products and services result from the collection, processing, analysis, and evaluation of information for its significance to national security at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Consumers of intelligence include the President, the National Security Council (NSC), designated personnel in executive branch departments and agencies, the military, Congress, and the law enforcement community. The IC comprises 18 elements, 2 of which are independent, and 16 of which are component organizations of six separate departments of the federal government. Many IC elements and most intelligence funding reside within the Department of Defense (DOD). Statutory IC Elements DOD Elements: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) National Security Agency (NSA) U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (AF/A2) U.S. Space Force Intelligence (S-2) U.S. Army Intelligence (G2) * U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISR-E) U.S. Naval Intelligence (N2) Non-DOD Elements: * Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) * Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) * Department of Energy (DOE) intelligence component: Office of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence (l&CI) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intelligence components: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (l&A) and U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence (CG-2) Department of Justice (DOJ) intelligence components: the Drug Enforcement Agency's Office of National Security Intelligence (DEA/ONSI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Intelligence Branch (IB) Department of State (DOS) intelligence component: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) Department of the Treasury intelligence component: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) Source: 50 U.S. Code §3003(4); ODNI. National and Defense Intelligence National intelligence addresses the strategic requirements of national security policymakers such as the President and the Secretaries of Defense and State. National intelligence programs and activities are funded through National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget appropriations, which are a consolidation of appropriations for the ODNI, CIA, general defense, and national cryptologic, reconnaissance, geospatial, and other specialized intelligence programs. The NIP, therefore, provides funding for not only the ODNI, CIA, and IC elements of the Departments of Homeland Security, Energy, the Treasury, Justice, and State, but also, substantially, for the programs and activities of the intelligence agencies within the DOD, to include the NSA, NGA, DIA, and NRO. Defense intelligence comprises the intelligence organizations and capabilities of the Joint Staff, DIA, combatant command joint intelligence centers, and the military services that address strategic, operational, or tactical requirements supporting military strategy, planning, and operations. Defense intelligence provides products and services on foreign military capabilities, plans and intentions, orders-of-battle, disposition of forces, and the political, cultural, and economic factors influencing the environment in areas of actual or potential military operations. Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriations fund military service intelligence personnel, their training, and tactical military intelligence programs and activities. Since MIP appropriations relate to tactical rather than strategic capabilities, they fund a narrower range of programs than defense intelligence programs overall. National and defense intelligence are not discrete enterprises. The 18 organizational elements of the IC are required to collaborate closely to address intelligence gaps and disseminate products to appropriately cleared personnel across the government in a timely manner. The IC also leverages relationships with international partners to address mutual national security concerns. Executive Order (EO) 12333, codified in 50 U.S.C. §3001, establishes general duties and responsibilities for each element of the IC. Other laws, executive orders, and policy issuances may establish additional duties and responsibilities for particular IC elements. * DIA is a DOD combat support agency that collects, analyzes, and disseminates foreign military intelligence to policymakers and the military. DIA serves as the nation's primary manager and producer of foreign military intelligence; it manages the production of intelligence for the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the combatant commands.

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