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An
IC member is a federal government agency, service, bureau,
or other organization within the executive branch that plays
a role in the business of national intelligence. The Intelligence
Community comprises many such organizations. |
Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marine Corps Intelligence Organizations –each
collects and processes intelligence relevant to their particular
Service needs.
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) - provides accurate, comprehensive, and timely
foreign intelligence on national security topics to national policy
and decision makers.
Coast
Guard Intelligence – deals with information related to
US maritime borders and Homeland Security.
Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) - provides timely and objective military intelligence
to warfighters, policymakers, and force planners.
Department
of Energy – performs analyses of foreign nuclear weapons,
nuclear non-proliferation, and energy security-related intelligence
issues in support of US national security policies, programs, and
objectives.
Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) - prevents terrorist attacks within the United States,
reduces America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimizes the damage and
recovers from attacks that do occur.
Department
of State – deals with information affecting US foreign
policy.
Department
of Treasury – collects and processes information that may
affect US fiscal and monetary policy.
Federal Bureau
of Investigation – deals with counterespionage and data about
international criminal cases.
National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) – provides timely, relevant,
and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.
National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - coordinates collection and analysis
of information from airplane and satellite reconnaissance by the
military services and the CIA.
National
Security Agency (NSA) - collects and processes foreign signals intelligence
information for our Nation's leaders and warfighters, and protects critical US
information security systems from compromise.
All the responsibilities
of the CIA, DIA, NSA, NRO, and NGA are concerned with intelligence.
Therefore each of these organizations in its entirety is considered
to be a member of the Intelligence Community.
The other
organizations are concerned primarily with missions and business
other than intelligence, but do have intelligence responsibilities.
In these cases, only the part of the organization with the intelligence
responsibility is considered to be a part of the Community. In the
case of the US Navy, for instance, only their Office of Naval Intelligence
is an IC member. The rest of the Navy supports the DoD in missions
other than intelligence.
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