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handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbbze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SCongressional Research Service -f ormo ng the kegislative debate since 1914 December 5, 2016 Defense Primer: National and Defense Intelligence The U.S. intelligence community (IC) is charged with providing intelligence that is timely, objective, independent of political considerations, and based upon all sources available to the intelligence community to decision makers in the national security policy process. Decision makers in need of intelligence are thought of as customers-the President, National Security Council (NSC), heads of departments and agencies of the executive branch, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, Members of Congress, and others as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) determines appropriate. The IC tends to group its customers into two categories: national-level and warfighters at the operational- and tactical-level. The IC is a collection of disparate organizations that all carry out some intelligence-related function. Today, it is comprised of 17 component organizations spread across 2 independent agencies and 6 separate departments of the federal government. The bulk of the IC resides within the Department of Defense (DOD). Table I. Statutory IC Elements (2016) DOD Elements Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) h National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) National Security Agency (NSA) * U.S. Air Force Intelligence (USAF/IN) U.S. Army Intelligence (USA/IN) * U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence (USMC/IN) U.S. Navy Intelligence (USN/IN) Non-DOD Elements: S Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) h 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 (USCG/IN) Department of justice (DOj) intelligence components: Drug Enforcement Agency's Office of National Security Intelligence (DEA/ONSI) and Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Security Branch (FBI/NSB) Department of State (DOS) intelligence component: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) Department of Treasury (Treasury) intelligence component: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) Source: ODNI, U.S. National Intelligence: An Overview 2013, at http://www.dni.gov. Figure I. IC Structure (2016) Deptnent -IF [DQS President ana Scuity Counct GTof NSafoa _____ien Source: CRS Notes: For IC element acronyms see Table I. Within the Office of the DNI (ODNI): NIC-National Intelligence Council, NCTC- National Counterterrorism Center, NCPC-National Counter Proliferation Center, NCSC-National Counterintelligence and Security Center, CTIIC-Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, OSE-Open Source Enterprise. National and Defense Intelligence Organizations such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) integrate intelligence from all sources into national intelligence in support of the policy process while organizations such as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) are more focused on integrating service-specific intelligence into defense intelligence for the warfighter. Furthermore, joint intelligence elements exist within the DOD to provide a common, coordinated picture for military commanders by fusing national and theater intelligence information into all-source assessments and estimates. Table 3 provides an overview of the levels of intelligence associated with what the DOD refers to as levels of war. The INTs (Collection Disciplines) Each element in the IC is associated with one or more intelligence collection disciplines. Intelligence disciplines cross agency boundaries and define an intelligence-related capability. Table 2. Selected IC Collection Disciplines (INTs) Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Geospatial Intelligence (GEQINT) Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) w wcrs gov 17-5700 IHteligEn, Comu< t

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