UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHAT WE DO

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The Business of Intelligence Current Affairs The Character of Intelligence The Business of Intelligence Planning and Direction Collection Processing and Exploitation Analysis and Production Dissemination The Intelligence Budget Process Consumers of Intelligence The Threat The Intelligence Community at Work Counterintelligence Intelligence Over the Years Recommended Reading "America’s Intelligence Community is here to provide … information and analysis … to meet the national security challenges our country faces today. The growing technical sophistication of those we target-and of those who target us-requires unprecedented innovation and flexibility from US intelligence."George J. Tenet Former Director of Central IntelligenceThe process of creating reliable, accurate foreign intelligence is dynamic and never ending. The intelligence process or cycle begins with questions – the answers to which inevitably lead to more questions. So, essentially, the end of the cycle is the beginning of the next cycle. Through planning and direction by both collection and production managers, the process converts acquired information into intelligence and makes it available to policymakers, military commanders, and other consumers. Five steps are involved as shown above.The Intelligence Budget Intelligence activities are funded under two programs. The National Intelligence Program (NIP) supports national requirements, and the Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities program (TIARA) supports operational requirements