United States Intelligence Community

independent intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. Within this maze there is a direct line of authority and a line of coordination connecting these elements into a manageable soup. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States, leads the IC. Although this office is not listed as a member of the Intelligence Community, the DNI exerts leadership of the IC primarily through the statutory authorities under which he: Controls the National Intelligence program budget; Establishes objectives, priorities, and guidance for the IC; Manages and directs the tasking of, collection, analysis, production, and dissemination of national intelligence by elements of the IC. However, the DNI has no authority to direct and control any element of the IC except his own…

This essay will address the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE). First I will discuss the process of producing and NIE which will identify key shortcomings that will be addressed in detail. This key shortcomings will help explain why the NIE is an imperfect process with an imperfect product. The National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) is designed to provide officials such as our senior civilian and military policymakers with more in-depth information on some international topic of interest and…

p. NA) and allows federal, state and local agencies around the country to upload photos and videos and get a response back from the FBI on the same day. Although privacy concerns with this system are well founded, the FBI is already reporting positive results. In one such case the FBI managed to locate a convicted sex offender after eluding authorities for 19 years. Privacy advocates, claim the facial recognition aspect of this technology is easily abused and exposes unwitting citizens to…

Wake Technical Community College is the largest community college in North Carolina. Enrollment reached a record high of 22,000 students for the fall, 2014 (The News & Observer, 2014). Furthermore, a significant number of classes are taught online, and as of last year, more than 3,300 students were in online programs; a number that has doubled within five years (The News & Observer, 2014). According to Bryan Ryan, the Senior Vice President of Curriculum Education Services, states that “while…

Joint Force 2025, and recommends a focus on three key areas: intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); cyber; and special operations forces (SOF). Finally the…

their own people. Two nations representing both sides of the coin are the United States and the Peoples Republic of China. This can be done through a myriad of ways such as a strong military, varies levels of law enforcement, and an inclusive intelligence community. In a nation such as the United States of America, the focus of the aforementioned entities is to preserve…

the Island, with the Corona Satellite Images being cloudy, and the U-2 flights over the Soviet shipping lanes being protested to the point where the United States had conceded and stopped the overflights. The emphasis that the submarines had played was one that was not only for transporting key personnel but also for weapon systems being transported as well. The intelligence that had been collected after the discovery, showed that indications and warnings systems that had been in place had…

Throughout the cold war, the intelligence policy has been characterised by a certain degree of continuity throughout the different administrations. The first President to remove a Director of Central Intelligence in charge in favour of a party-affiliated DCI was President Carter in 1976, who did not confirm the mandate of then DCI Bush. Despite that episode, continuity has profoundly marked the work of the Intelligence, by assuring it a stable structure, endowed with autonomy, and by maintaining…

The United States intelligence community (IC) is not perfect and is blamed for failing to predict several surprises in the form of attacks and uprisings around the world. These surprises are known as intelligence failures and are studied in every intelligence curriculum and intelligence agency within the IC. The IC is a fairly small community within the government; therefore the IC must assume calculated risks in how it operates during analysis and production. These calculated risks, in addition…

December of 1941, the United States suffered the most costly intelligence failure when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The failure was a result of analysis misconceptions, lack of integration of intelligence data, collection gaps, bureaucratic confusion, a historical and cultural misunderstanding of the mindset of the adversary, a great underestimation of Japanese capabilities and intentions, and Japanese denial and deception. Moreover, intelligence was being handled in a casual, uncoordinated…