Director of National Intelligence

Clandestine and espionage operations have been used earlier than before the Roman Empire. Clandestine operations are covert or secret operations performed by our nation’s military and special agency groups. Espionage operations are a process by which information is obtained secretly from military or government entities. Romans used these same operations against Samnites and Gauls to expand and protect their empire. These particular subjects are not typically taught in schools nor are they…

channels before it is published to the policymakers. There are ten steps involved in the writing process of a National intelligence estimate. The first step involves a request by either a civilian, a senior military, a committee chair of the House or Senate, policymaker, Congressional leaders and at times are initiated by the National Intelligence Council. The director of the National Intelligence authorizes this type of request. The second step involves the production of TOR or terms of…

United States Intelligence Community that has a notable role in the protection of the United States interests is the Federal Bureau of Investigations or for short, FBI. Unlike the CIA, the FBI does not directly involve itself in foreign intelligence. The FBI operates under the Department of Justice with a primary focus on federal criminal investigation and domestic intelligence but sometimes there is a cross over and the FBI finds itself involved in terrorist and foreign intelligence. Although…

knowledge is based on critical information gathered and formed into intelligence. The events of 9/11 and the investigations following exposed the culture and gaps within the intelligence community. Current intelligence resources have increased their effectiveness since 9/11, but still face limitations. The intelligence community is comprised of many partners. Traditionally, these encompassed several Federal partners such as Central Intelligence Agency and each of the individual components of…

assess the impact of Intelligence reform on the Global War on Terror. The research question is as follows: ??What is the impact of post-September 11th, 2001, intelligence reform on the Global War on Terror?? Secondary research questions might include: ?What is the impact of post-September 11th, 2001, emphasis on human intelligence on the Global War on Terror?? As well, another avenue of research could include: ?What is the impact of post-September 11th, of signals intelligence on the Global War…

public trust and confidence in the Intelligence Community is crucial" both in the US and in other countries that rely on US intelligence, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. ((http://www.cnn.com) "I've received many expressions of concern from foreign counterparts about the disparagement of the US Intelligence Community, or I should say, what has been interpreted as disparagement of the US Intelligence Community." (http://www.cnn.com)…

several studies were conducted on how to best continue code breaking work post-war era. The National Security Agency was set in place of the Armed Forces Security Agency and was given the same resources. With the creation of the NSA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were no longer in command. The new leadership position was given to the newly created position…

on policy within the national security establishment are the President of the United States, the Department of State (DoS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) combined. When discussing the topic of national security there must be an understanding that many different entities collaborate to form the many policies. The intelligence community is a key component in which many of the other entities rely on to form their approach to national security. Without the intelligence community many of…

the extent of the Intelligence community before this week’s lessons but after reading this week’s articles or chapters, I have found that I was way off base and I would have never thought that there was so many organizations that deal with intelligence. I mean I understand that the military has an intelligence community but they really don’t play that big of a role in the safety of national security. The entire intelligence community is led by the director of national intelligence. He is…

the U.S. on our soil and although the signs were there for the intelligence community to see, it was mistakenly not put together. Much of the attack stemmed from communications between terrorist or those connected and working with terrorist within our Country, and this was unacceptable. In order to defend against such communications, according to Lichtblau & Risen (2005), “Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the intelligence agency has monitored the international telephone calls and…