Defense Intelligence Agency

Congress and Defense Policy / LGAF 6270.LH Session 2 Issue paper / Chapter 3 & 6 of 911 Commission Report The terrorist attack of September 2001 was a tragedy that could have been prevented by the United States Intelligence professionals. The Islamic radicals such as Al Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden had long declared their objectives to undermine the United States national security since the first World Trade Center Bombing on Feb 26, 1993. The 911 Commission report outlined the deficiencies

law enforcement and intelligence is the principal method of accomplishing this (Hughbank & Githens, 2010). Intelligence is vital to homeland defense and security. The U.S. intelligence community (IC) has the responsibility of conducting intelligence activities that are necessary for conducting foreign relations and for the national security of the United States (“Intelligence Community”, n.d.). The

The intelligence community of the United States is a large, robust and bureaucratic system. From this community though, the national objectives of the United States are supported through their gathering and analytical capabilities. The following paper will highlight the intelligence agencies of the Federal government as well as state and local agencies that make up the intelligence community. Within these entities are programs that develop intelligence for use in protecting the homeland as well

of National Intelligence (DNI) was created under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA). The position of DNI replaced the Director of the Central Intelligence (DCI) as the senior intelligence official, head of the intelligence community’s 16 agencies, and principal intelligence advisor to the President of the United States (POTUS) and the National Security Council (NSC). The IRTPA of 2004, also established the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as

diplomacy efforts, and national defense” (American Security Project, 2012). However, the National Security Act of 1947 was the first U.S. law on the conduct of intelligence operations. The act established the Central Intelligence Agency “to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security” (Central Intelligence Agency (2013). This intelligence law help to define the roles

Methods of Intelligence Collection and Analysis Intelligence is one of the first lines of defense used by the United States to protect the Country against both foreign and domestic threats (Johnson, 2010). There are many ways and methods of intelligence collections employed by the intelligence community such as “spies, eavesdropping, technical sources, and openly available materials” etc (Clark, 2013). Method used also depends on many factors such as available resources, time, agency involved, and

under constant attack by hackers. The Army’s current network defense system was woefully inadequate for protecting the commands 140 locations worldwide. After sustaining a couple of very high profile attacks using these tools, it became evident that something else was needed. One of the command’s subordinate commands was the Army Research Labs and is on one the foremost research labs in the world. One of the labs mission was Cyber Defense and came under my preview as it program manager. The lab

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the military motivations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the creation of The Office of Strategic Services (OSS). President Roosevelt’s initial motives for gathering wartime intelligence took place in WWII, which defined a new era of interdepartmental intelligence gathering services that did not involve the separate branches of the U.S. military. In 1942, Roosevelt formed the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to provide a “central intelligence” cooperative

in the Intelligence Community (IC) is for the most part adequate. Still today there are many agencies who conduct these types of mission, even though the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) primarily the lead when it comes to CI. Agencies like the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Unites States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are

National Security Agency (NSA) U.S. intelligence agency within the Department of Defense that is responsible for cryptographic and communications intelligence and security. Its headquarters are in Fort Meade, Maryland. The NSA grew out of the communications intelligence activities of U.S. military units during World War II. It was established in 1952 by a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman in which he specified its mission as to provide an effective, unified organization and control