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11 Cards in this Set
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National Security Council (NSC)
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-Created 1947 by the National Security Act
-Part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) -Importance |
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National Security Act
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Set up:
-Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) -US Air Force (USAF) -Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) |
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
(Primary agency of Intelligence Community) |
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
-Executive branch agencies (CIA) that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States, including: -Collecting information needed by the Executive Branch -Collecting of information concerning and protecting against, intelligence activities, international terrorism, and international narcotics activities, and other hostile activities directed against the US -Special activities (Propaganda, Paramilitary, Covert operations) |
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Department of Defense (DoD)
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-Reorganization Act of 1986, aka Goldwater-Nichols act
-Increased authority of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -Operational chain of command: President, Secretary of Defense, Combatant command (Unified and Specified) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
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-1951
-Collects intelligence -set up project MAGIC -set up PROJECT VERONA |
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Department of Homeland Security
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-Established post-9/11
-Reason for creation: Secure homeland, Emergency response -Absorbed other parts federal executive branch -Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) -Fuses law enforcement and intelligence information. Re: threats to homeland. -Office of intelligence and analysis focuses on border security |
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
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-2003
-Formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)(1996) -Collects geospatial intelligence |
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
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-Designs, builds, and operates satellites
-Established 1961 -Existence acknowledged 1992 -Designs, Builds, and Operates spy satellites |
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Military Establishment
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-National Security Act (1947)
-Military Unification Act (1949) -Department of Defense Reorganization Act (1986) |
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Combatant Commands
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GEOGRAPHIC
-US Northern Command -US Southern Command -US Pacific Command -US European Command -US Central Command -US Africa Command FUNCTIONAL -US Joint Forces Command -US Special Operations Command -US Strategic Command -US Transportation Command |
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MIlitary Unification Act (1949)
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-Brought all armed forces under single Department of Defense (DoD)
-Brought service secretaries under secretary of defense |
